Mercy
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The Beatitudes – 5. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy
The Beatitudes | "This is the man in whom history is transformed, the centre-point that gathers into a new orbit
Year of Mercy: Holy Year
The ecclesial tradition of a holy year or jubilee year began with Pope Boniface VIII in 1300. The notion of
Year of Mercy: Psalm 102(103)
“In the Psalms, we drink divine praise at its pure and stainless source, in all its primitive sincerity and perfection,”
Year of Mercy: Pope Francis’s Episcopal Motto
‘What are Pope Francis’s links with the north east of England?’, is not, I imagine, a question that has crossed
Year of Mercy: Bl. Jean-Joseph Lataste, OP
Jean-Joseph Lataste was born in Cadillac, near Bordeaux, in France in 1832. After his study, he became a civil servant.
Year of Mercy: Magnificat
In response to the news from Gabriel that she was to bear the Son of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Year of Mercy: Dominican profession: what do you seek? God’s mercy and yours
On the Feast of St Michael the Archangel in 2013, my three co-novices and I lay prostrate on the cold
St Dominic and the Preaching of Mercy
I consider it truly providential that the Dominican Jubilee to celebrate 800 years of the Order of Preachers should overlap
St Thomas Aquinas and the mercy of God
It is fashionable in this Year of Mercy to relate everyone and everything to this single theological theme. But in
Wednesday of the fourth week of Lent: The Unity of Justice and Mercy, of Judgment and Salvation, in Jesus.
Isaiah 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30. A lot of ideas are combined in today’s gospel: ideas about life, resurrection,
A Sign of Mercy and Unity
Feast of the Chair of St PeterReadings: 1 Peter 5:1-4; Psalm 23; Matthew 16:13-19. The Lord said to Simon Peter: I