Redemptorists – Missionaries of Mercy

Day by day there are more and more Redemptorists from various countries who are arriving in Rome to be sent out as “Missionaries of Mercy” for the Jubilee Year.

They are among more than 1,000 “missionaries of mercy” from all over the world who will receive a special mandate from Pope Francis to preach and teach about God’s mercy.
About 700 of the missionaries who were chosen by Pope Francis will be in Rome to receive their special mandate in person during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica on Ash Wednesday, 10 February.

The figure of the Missionary is described in the Apostolic Bull “Misericordiae Vultus”. N. 18.
The Missionaries are to be:
– a living sign of the Father’s welcome to all those in search of his forgiveness;
– facilitators for all, with no one excluded, of a truly human encounter, a source of liberation, rich with responsibility for overcoming obstacles and taking up the new life of Baptism again;
– guided by the words, “For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all;
– inspiring preachers of Mercy;
– heralds of the joy of forgiveness;
– welcoming, loving, and compassionate Confessors, who are most especially attentive to the difficult situations of each person.

These Missionaries of Mercy are priests who, during the Jubilee of Mercy, will be given the faculties to pardon sins in cases otherwise reserved to the Holy See.

Jacek Zdrzalek CSsR