CONSECRATED MEN AND WOMEN AS GOD'S INSTRUMENTS OF MERCY IN OUR CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Abstract

In this article, Professor Michael Ogunu describes the role of consecrated men and women as God's instruments of mercy in our contemporary world. He defines the concept of mercy, what Christ teaches about mercy, reasons for showing mercy as well as conditions for obtaining God's mercy. Drawing from Sacred Scriptures and the works of eminent experts on works of mercy, he describes practical ways in which consecrated men and women, and indeed, all Christ's faithful can perform the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy to be effective instruments of God's mercy in our broken world.