In the CD called 7 Secrets of Divine Mercy, the speaker, Vinny Flynn, discusses what Divine Mercy truly is, and what it is mistaken as being. First he starts off with the definition of Divine Mercy, then its priorities, then finally its seven secrets. I thought he had a really good message because I expected it to be one of those boring, long rants about prayer, so I kept my expectations low. Fortunately though, it was actually really interesting and there were a couple various things that stood out to me or I liked. One spiritual insight that stood out to me that Flynn said was about “Monopoly Spirituality.” Flynn defines practicing Monopoly Spirituality as “saying the Divine Mercy prayer, hanging a sacred picture or image on the wall, and
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Flynn told the crowd to imagine two workers. One works all day everyday out in the scorching sun, whereas the other only works for two miniscule hours. This part I liked because Flynn made this clever little pun. After hearing this, the first thought that will come into people’s heads is: “It’s just not fair!” And it’s true. The pun is: “It’s just...not fair.” God is just, but he is also merciful. God’s justice is always the fruit of his mercy. So when God is causing us suffering, we as humans will always think: “This isn’t fair! Why would you do this to me?!” The reason is because God loves differently than we do. His love is just because he knows what is best for us more than we or our parents do. Then Flynn’s next line really stuck out to me: “God is more generous with the worst sinners in the world, solely because they need it most.” So back to the two workers. Perhaps the second worker was a horrible sinner, so God was merciful with him and allowed him less suffering. Sinners need more mercy and forgiveness from God because they need it much more than the most holy people of the world. So when we think God is being unjust and unmerciful, we should think
Flynn told the crowd to imagine two workers. One works all day everyday out in the scorching sun, whereas the other only works for two miniscule hours. This part I liked because Flynn made this clever little pun. After hearing this, the first thought that will come into people’s heads is: “It’s just not fair!” And it’s true. The pun is: “It’s just...not fair.” God is just, but he is also merciful. God’s justice is always the fruit of his mercy. So when God is causing us suffering, we as humans will always think: “This isn’t fair! Why would you do this to me?!” The reason is because God loves differently than we do. His love is just because he knows what is best for us more than we or our parents do. Then Flynn’s next line really stuck out to me: “God is more generous with the worst sinners in the world, solely because they need it most.” So back to the two workers. Perhaps the second worker was a horrible sinner, so God was merciful with him and allowed him less suffering. Sinners need more mercy and forgiveness from God because they need it much more than the most holy people of the world. So when we think God is being unjust and unmerciful, we should think