Dear Brothers and Sisters, in the time of trial that we are presently undergoing, we too, like Thomas, with our fears and our doubts have experienced our frailty. We need the Lord, who sees beyond that frailty an irrepressible beauty. With Jesus, we rediscover how precious we are even in our vulnerability. We discover that we are like beautiful crystals, fragile and at the same time precious. And if, like crystal, we are transparent before him, his light – the light of mercy – will shine in us and through us in the world. As the Letter of Peter said, this is a reason for being “filled with joy, though now for a little while, you may have to suffer all sorts of trials.” (1 Peter 1:6) Homily, Diving Mercy Sunday, 2020
