Looking back on Luke's Gospel which we have been reading in weekend liturgies this year we can appreciate why it is often called "The Gospel of Mercy." Only Luke has Jesus on the cross praying, "Father, forgive them; they don't understand what they are doing." and to the criminal beside him promising, "This day you will be with me in Paradise." Only in Luke do we hear the parables of the father's mercy for his prodigal son and the Good Samaritan's mercy on an injured enemy. Only in Luke do we hear of Jesus' compassionate mercy on the tax collector Zacchaeus.
Jesus expects all of us together to be "The Gospel of Mercy" for our time.
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