MERCY IS GOD’S OWN MERCY, WHOSE OMNIPOTENCE CONSISTS PRECISELY IN MERCY. THESE WORDS OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS SHOW THAT MERCY IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS, BUT AN EXPRESSION OF MERCY. ALL THE POWER OF GOD. THIS IS WHY IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST COLLECTIONS IN THE LITURGY. MAKES US PRAY LIKE THIS: “GOD WHO GAVE THE SUPREME PROOF OF YOUR POWER WHEN YOU WAIT AND HAVE MERCY.” GOD WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY AS THE ONE WHO IS PRESENT, CLOSE, CONSIDERATE, HOLY AND MERCIFUL.