Worldly souls are very fond of thinking of God’s mercy. And so they are encouraged to persist in their follies.
It is true that God our Lord is infinitely merciful, but he is also infinitely just: and there is a judgment, and he is the Judge.
Courage. Don’t you know that Saint Paul tells the Corinthians that each will duly be paid according to his share in the work?
This excerpt is from Josemaría Escrivá’s book The Way.
