Idaho Catholic Podcast

What if the person who needs your mercy the most… is the one who hurt you the deepest? Mercy sounds beautiful in theory. But when someone wounds us, betrays us, or breaks our trust… mercy becomes incredibly hard. Yet Jesus teaches something radical: Mercy doesn’t just free the person we forgive — it frees us. In this episode of The Catholic Journey with Deacon Pat Kearns, we explore the power of compassion through Christ’s teachings, the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, and a powerful real-life story of forgiveness that transformed a broken heart. If you’ve ever struggled with resentment, anger, or forgiving someone who hurt you… this message may open the door to a freedom you didn’t know was possible. Because mercy is not weakness. Mercy is the strength to let God heal what bitterness never could.