(photo: Courtesy of Emily Jaminet) Joseph Pronechen Features April 19, 2020 As Divine Mercy Sunday comes again this year, we’re reminded that Jesus not only meant for us to trust in him one day ...

Mercy sets the context for many of Jesus’ teachings. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells the story of the “unmerciful servant” who has his own debt wiped away but refuses to forgive ...

How can I/we learn to be merciful? There’s some stories we might set ourselves into, to learn from. The book of Jonah, for one. Or Jesus and the thief on the cross. (Luke 23:39-43) Richard John ...

It comes the Sunday after Easter Sunday, and was declared by Pope John Paul the II to remind all people of God’s greatest attribute: His Mercy. Jesus’ message was all about mercy. His deeds ...

The image — emblazoned with ‘Jesus, I Trust in You’ — is known the world over as the Divine Mercy image that was entrusted to Polish nun Sister (now St.) Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s.

In his homily on Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis said that Jesus' scars are full of mercy, and encouraged attendees to imitate the apostle Thomas in touching them and allowing their hearts to be ...

Editor's note: "Evolving Religious Life," a new series from Global Sisters Report, is exploring how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of ...

Sr. Faustina wrote in her diary that she began the Novena for the conversion of the whole world that all may recognize God's Mercy and that all souls may speak of His Goodness. Jesus said ...

The Pharisees viewed this behavior as subversive to their conviction of what Israel needed for true social ordering; Jesus saw it as a manifestation of a new way of holiness based on mercy.Michael H.