Faces of Mercy

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Photo by: Felix Carroll

Elizabeth Henaghan, student at The Catholic University of America

"I had no desire to have a relationship with God. I used to be caught up in worldly things. Looking back, it was through seeing other people following the Holy Spirit that first inspired me. I just had the tiny bit of openness to God. Since then, those tiny little yeses have changed my life. People could have looked at me, especially my freshman year, and said, 'Oh, she goes out to the bars every night' and disregarded me, but we can't judge people like that. We have to reach people we don't think will want to lead holy lives. We may see certain people and think 'Oh, they're so caught up in the world,' but we cannot be afraid to reach out to them. I'm so grateful for God's free gift of mercy through those apostles He put in my life. For us as apostles, we can't be a cork to put a stop to that mercy or prevent that mercy. If we feel the Lord asking us to invite someone to something, even if it sounds silly, even if we think, 'Oh, this person would never want to pray the Rosary with me,' we would sin by refusing to do that. It's so important if we feel the Lord is asking us to invite someone into something, we follow through with that. And if we are humiliated, praise God! It's good for us."

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