May Psalm 23:6 assure you of God's mercy -- "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life."

From Richard Rohr Daily Meditation:"I recently visited the 9/11 Memorial at the site of the Twin Towers in New York City. A huge waterfall drops down into the darkness of a lower pool whose bottom you cannot see. It struck me deeply as a metaphor for God: mercy eternally pouring into darkness, always filling an empty space. Grace fills all the gaps of the universe. Counting and measuring can only increase the space between things. Even better, water always falls and pools up in the very lowest and darkest places, just like mercy does. And mercy is just grace in action."

When Pope Francis threw open the Door of Mercy in Rome signifying the start of the" Year of Mercy" on December 8, 2015, he said, "How much wrong we do to God and his grace when we speak of sins being punished by his judgment before we speak of their being forgiven by his mercy. We have to put mercy before judgment, and in any event, God's judgment will always be in the light of his mercy"--which is infinite!

“The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; it blesseth the one that gives and the one that takes." Portia, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare