Among the unforgivable sins (sins against the Holy Spirit) there are two opposites: the desperation and the presumption. The first says that not matter what one does the total destruction up to the eternal death is inevitable; the second assures that we should not worry, let be happy, God’s mercy will provide us the salvation.
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Right off the top I would have to disagree with you. The unforgivable sin (Christ mentioned one sin that could be forgiven- not multiple sins) against the Holy Spirit is refusal of God’s Mercy with complete knowledge of this act’s consequences. Desperation and presumption would imply that a soul might not have complete knowledge of the consequences of such an act or that it was under duress when the act was carried out. When we refuse God’s Mercy when He offers it to us with full knowledge of the consequences, He cannot transgress our free will – we negate His saving power for us through our own will (“… both in this age and in the age to come” – Purgatory).
…I am not sure at all, that in our time to emphasize the mercy is God’s will. The presumption is rampant: confession is not necessary, omitting Sunday Mass is not mortal sin, the sexual sins are mostly venial sins the communion gives forgiveness, hell is a cursing word to be avoided in the sermons;…
Here are some quotes from St. Faustina’s diary corresponding to the very things you are lamenting above (links provided at the end of the post) :
“I was led by an Angel to the chasms of hell (…). I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me. Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin.
I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like (…). I noticed that there are most souls that did not believe hell exists. I could hardly recover from the fright. How terribly souls suffer there!” (Diary 741).
“Oh, how painful it is to Me that souls so seldom unite themselves to Me in Holy Communion. I wait for souls, and they are indifferent toward Me. I love them tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust Me. I want to lavish my graces upon them, and they do not want to accept them….In order that you may know at least some of My pain, imagine the most tender of mothers who has great love for her children, while those children spurn her love. Consider her pain. No one is in a position to console her. This is but a feeble image and likeness of My love.”
“My daughter, write that it pains Me very much when religious souls receive the Sacrament of Love merely out of habit, as if they did not distinguish this food. I find neither faith nor love in their hearts. I go to such souls with great reluctance. It would be better if they did not receive Me.”
“I desire to unite Myself with human souls; My great delight is to unite Myself with souls. Know, My daughter, that when I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, My hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul. But souls do not even pay any attention to Me; they leave Me to Myself and busy themselves with other things. Oh, how sad I am that souls do not recognize Love! They treat Me as a dead object.”
“I thirst, thirst for the salvation of souls. Help Me, My daughter, to save souls. Join your sufferings to My Passion and offer them to the heavenly Father for sinners.”
“…when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flow down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting there for you.”
“… Know that as often as you come to Me, humbling yourself and asking for forgiveness, I pour out a superabundance of graces on your soul, and your imperfection vanishes before My eyes, and I see only your love and humility. You lose nothing but gain much…"
I have serious doubt that to turn the spirit of penitence and sacrifice to the happiness of radiating mercy was a necessary step; and I believe that St Faustina herself would be terrified by this concept
What happiness of radiating Mercy ? If you have read the diary and even only the quotes from the diary above instead of trying to comment from just looking at the image of the Divine Mercy, I don’t see how you can misconstrue it so badly.
After her visit to Purgatory and witnessing the suffering of the souls there , Jesus told St. Faustina , “My Mercy does not desire this but my Justice demands it.”
There is so much more in the diary. St. Faustina’s writings present God’s Holy Mercy in it’s proper perspective ; the same perspective St. Thomas Aquinas expressed when he said, Mercy does not deny Justice , Mercy presupposes Justice.
one more continuation
, I highly recommend reading The Diary Of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska for the sake of the living souls you love, the souls you grieve for, and “those of the whole world”.