Leaving aside the significant reservations that we – and many across the Traditional Catholic world (e.g. this from Rorate Caeli) – have concerning the "Year of Mercy", which began on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception last week, we wish to place on record the measured, succinct and very pastoral words of His Grace The Archbishop to mark the start of this extraordinary jubilee.
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As taken from the Archdiocese of Liverpool website:
The Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon OP writes in relation to the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy for 2015–16 announced by Pope Francis:
It would be good for us to reflect on the spiritual works of mercy – to counsel the doubtful, instruct the ignorant, call sinners to repentance, comfort the afflicted, forgive offences, bear wrongs patiently, and pray for the living and the dead – and the corporal works of mercy – to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned, and bury the dead – during this Jubilee, and to think about how we can better reflect the mercy of God as individuals, families, parishes, schools, chaplaincies and the Diocese.
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First class.
