Jesus, I trust in you.
For he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. - Psalm 103: 14
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It seems to me that the hallmarks of the Divine Mercy devotion align perfectly with the 'little way' of St. Therese of the Child Jesus...
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Mother Agnes of Jesus on her sister and her heroic virtue of hope:
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"Trust in God had become her special characteristic. She once told me that she had been struck from childhood by this verse from the Book of Job: 'Even if he were to kill me, I would continue to hope in him.'
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She expected as much from God's justice as she did from his mercy, 'How nice it is to think that God is just!' she said. 'It means he takes our weakness into account and knows full well how frail we are by nature.' She also said she would prefer to live without consolation, because that way she could give God greater proof of her trust in him." St. Therese By Those Who Knew Her, testimonies for the process.
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Ven. John Paul II also alludes to the justice of God and his mercy in the encyclical, Dives Misericordia, discussing the parable of the Prodigal Son:
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In the parable of the prodigal son, the term "justice" is not used even once; just as in the original text the term "mercy" is not used either. Nevertheless, the relationship between justice and love, that is manifested as mercy, is inscribed with great exactness in the content of the Gospel parable. It becomes more evident that love is transformed into mercy when it is necessary to go beyond the precise norm of justice-precise and often too narrow. - On The Mercy of God, John Paul II
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