Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. In the Jubilee year 2000, Sunday at the Mass of canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska Pope Saint John Paul II declared the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday In the giving of this designation Saint John Paul was asking the church to live Easter faith through the essence of mercy. Just one year later the terrorist attacks of September 11th set in motion a world bent on a violence that we never would have anticipated. Unfortunately, we still live in a world caught up in brutality, war, and terror. How do we cultivate mercy when our natural anger seeks revenge or at the very least retribution for pain that has been inflicted? Pope John Paul II...