To receive mercy and to find grace for timely help

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, 
but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.” (HEB 4: 15-16)

Jesus, the Compassionate and Merciful Lord, Who “sympathize[s] with our weaknesses,” came not to blame us or to punish us, but to show us the unconditional love of God. The One, “who has similarly been tested in every way,” knows our temptations, our limits and conditions and encourages us to “confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.” 

“Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name.” (Gospel Acclamation)