The promise is fulfilled. Pope John Paul, in his encyclical on God's mercy, states that Christ is that mercy personified. Through his resurrection, mercy is poured out on us. Here is the Son of God, who in his resurrection experienced in a radical way mercy shown to himself, that is to say the love of the Father which is more powerful than death. And it is also the same Christ, the Son of God, who at the end of his messianic mission.
Easter is near.
For parishes offering Tenebrae services, see the Holy Week Mass schedules .