It could happen that sometimes you feel tepid or lukewarm in your relationship with God, praying becomes tiresome and...
Mercy
My heart is yours now
On this Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, we strive to open our hearts that we might receive this...
St. John Paul II and St. Faustina: Apostles of Mercy
Dear John Paul II and Sr. Faustina, This past summer I saw you both painted in Cracow, under the rain that gushes...
Mother Teresa, Apostle of Charity
“‘For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked...
A God Who Pitches Tents
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son,...
Literature and Life
Praise the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever; Praise the God of gods; for his mercy endures forever;...
An Unexpected Mantle of Mercy
Any time I meditate on a Scripture passage involving the apostle Peter, I can really relate to Peter’s humanity. The...
The Good Shepherd, a living image of the Father’s mercy
When Jesus asks, as he did with the Apostles, “Who do you say that I am?”(Mt 16:15), I have to say that lately my...
To Love is to Give
Let’s be honest: who wants to sacrifice himself? Do we not want to hold onto life? We try to lengthen our life by...
The Hunger and Thirst that Unite Us
Happy those concerned for the lowly and the poor (Psalm 41) We live in a culture where if I feel hungry, I eat. If I...
The Jubilee of Mercy for Priests
In an interview conducted by the Director of Civiltà Cattolica Father Antonio Spadaro, SJ, the Holy Father Pope...
Surrounded with Mercy as if by Air
It is said that the unmistakable sign of the end of a homily or a document of the Church is the mention of Mary. In a...