OUR LADY:

Raise all your objects; all will be blessed with special blessings for poor sinners…

I bless you, my children, as the Father blesses you, through the Son and with the Holy Spirit.

COMMENTARY UPON MESSAGES

May 7th 1983

" My child, my child, I keep on warning you; I keep on warning you, my children, because I don't want you to be condemned. I'm forced to let the arm of mercy fall down" (Our Lady)

We have just celebrated the second Sunday of Easter or Sunday of Mercy, established by Pope John Paul II. Precisely, he died the eve of that Sunday; that is to say, a Saturday which was also first Saturday of month. The Providence chose as his last day the moment when the two foundations of his pontificate joined: the love for God (shown in his love and his eager preaching of the divine Mercy) and the filial love for the Blessed Mary. As he said, he considered the preaching of mercy as one of his major duties. Thus, his second apostolic letter was called Dives in Misericordia where the following words have been taken:

· Firstly, he explains the meaning of the authentic mercy, that is joined to the justice: "It is obvious that such a generous requirement of forgiveness does not cancel out the objective requirements of justice. Properly understood, justice constitutes, so to speak, the goal of forgiveness. In no passage of the Gospel message does forgiveness, or mercy as its source, mean indulgence towards evil, towards scandals, towards injury or insult" ( John Paul II, Dives in Misericordia, 14)

The Virgin Mary, always close to her Son Jesus Christ, is also Mother of Mercy, as we invoke at the end of every mystery of the rosary: "Mary, Mother of Grace, Mother of Piety, Love and Mercy, defend us…". John Paul II explained in this letter the relationship among Jesus, Mary, the redemption …: ""No one has received into his heart, as much as Mary did, that mystery, that truly divine dimension of the redemption effected on Calvary by means of the death of the Son, together with the sacrifice of her maternal heart, together with her definitive "fiat." Mary, then, is the one who has the deepest knowledge of the mystery of God's mercy (...) In this sense, we call her the Mother of mercy: our Lady of mercy, or Mother of divine mercy” (ibid., n.9)

Those who do not know the messages of Prado Nuevo or are against them focus their attention only on aspects such as the justice or the punishment (indeed, these are present in the messages but undoubtedly they are also connected to the Sacred Scriptures and other saints' revelations). On the contrary, they forget other topics that are even more important. Anyway, other privileged souls have also received messages accepted by the Church whose contents are similar to those reflected in Luz Amparo's messages.

If we take into account the figures, the word mercy appears 211 times, and others like punishment or justice 137 and 135 respectively. Besides, the word love, so close to mercy (the most beautiful flower, as the apostle of the divine mercy saint Mary Faustine Kowalska wrote in her Diary [n. 651]) is mentioned 852 times! Charity, another name for love, 160 times. Grace or graces 792! These figures show the importance of love, mercy, grace, etc in the messages. They insist on fulfilling the Commandments (which is what the Gospel and the doctrine of saints encourage us to do) with the help of the grace, necessary for our salvation; they also warn us against possible punishments as well as they highlight the perfect love or charity, the main virtue.

Here are some quotations where the word mercy appears:

· "I am the alpha and the omega, those who believe in me will get to the kingdom of heaven. I'm carrying a cross so that God gives his divine mercy to all Humankind" (The Lord, September 25th 1981)

· " I have used all my wisdom to give them all the means of getting the joy of my eternal kingdom, all my tenderness to attract them to me, my goodness and my mercy, my riches, my magnificence and my love (…) I have done for them what I would have done for my own children" ( The Lord, November 13th 1981)

· "Do not be afraid, trust in me, I'm your Father, and in a good Father there is only love and mercy. Notice that my Mother has loved you and has taken care of you, and I will also love you and take care of you with tenderness and mercy." ( The Lord, December 25th 1981)

· "You should often say: " Eternal Father, you are almighty, have mercy on all inhabitants of the Earth" ( Our Lady, March 26th 1982)

· " I've come, my child, full of sorrow, but I am also full of mercy and love for all my children"( Our Lady January 1st 1983)

· "At the end of everything, this Immaculate Heart will triumph, my child. Pray to this Heart that is waiting for you full of mercy and love and forgiveness, my children" ( Our Lady January 22nd 1983)