On this second Saturday of Lent, I'd like to reflect with you on the mercy of our Heavenly Father and the mercy of our Blessed Mother. Mercy figures prominent in today's readings, first from the Book of Micah, chapter seven, where we read: “Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency, and will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our guilt. You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins. You will show faithfulness to Jacob and grace to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from days of old” (Micah 7:18–20).