divine mercy
God's forgiving nature
Divine mercy is the theological concept of God's compassion and forgiveness toward sinners, especially when undeserved.
In Christian theology, it emphasizes God's willingness to pardon human failings rather than exact punishment: She prayed for divine mercy.
The term appears across religious traditions but is particularly central to Catholic devotion, where Divine Mercy Sunday is a feast day celebrating God's limitless forgiveness.
- loving-kindnessBenevolent, tender affection
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
salvation · open arms · atonement · confession · pardon · clean slate · prayer · trust in God · redemption · absolution · cross · prodigal son · come back home · fallen away · second chance · intercession · reconciliation · sacraments
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- forgivenessforgiveness of sins, redemption, absolve, grace, pardon
- mercyclemency, compassion, forgiveness, leniency, lenience
- confessionconfession, absolution, admission, acknowledgment, declaration
- divinitydeity, godhood, godhead, holiness, godliness
divine mercydivine wrath
Sacred punishment from above
divine retribution · divine punishment · divine judgment · hellfire · damnation
divine mercyjust deserts
Merited reward or punishment
karmic retribution · eye for an eye · mercilessness · pitilessness