The text of the Bull is entirely turned on Jesus and his merciful face. "Miserando atque eligendo" as was the case with Matthew, Jesus looks at us with a merciful love and choose us. This phrase has always made an impression on the Pope to the point of making its currency.
Throughout the 58 pages of this simple and profound text, Francis, repeating the words of St. Thomas Aquinas insists that "mercy is proper to God whose omnipotence is precisely to show mercy." He also noted by Saint Augustine that "it is easier for God to withhold anger rather than mercy" God's anger lasts only a moment, and his mercy is eternal.
Francis says he wants to make this Jubilee Year a year of reflection on the indulgence. For him, care should be taken not to confuse the legitimate desire for justice that surpass the divine mercy and forgiveness: God does not refuse justice, it integrates and extends into a larger event in which we make the experience of love, the foundation of true justice.
It is also in the Bull of Indiction which is found the harsh words of the Pope, widely reported in the press, against the mafia, organized crime and corruption, "the stinking wound society. " Denouncing the illusion of money as a form of power, Francis invites sinners to change their lives, and Christians in general to remember the saving power of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
