"The holiness that Our Lord demands of you is to be achieved by carrying out with love of God your work and your daily duties, and these will almost always consist of small realities.”
(Saint Josemaría)
The Feast of Divine Mercy is celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. Saint John Paul II, who established this feast in 2000 when canonizing Faustina Kowalska, encouraged the Church to grow in this devotion.
"When Pope Francis declared a Year of Mercy starting in December 2015, it set me thinking about works of mercy. In a meeting with friends to discuss possible projects, someone mentioned how he used to go with a group of volunteers to a prison to attend Sunday Mass there with the prisoners."
An article on mercy and conversion, written for the Jubilee of Mercy in the Church. "The realization of the harm done by his sin – against God, others, and himself – leads David to seek refuge and healing in God."
An article on the corporal works of mercy, written for the Jubilee of Mercy in the Church. "As Saint Josemaría wrote, 'the sick are He,' a daring expression that reflects our Lord’s demanding words: 'Truly I say to you ... you did it to me.'"
Pope Francis in his Regina Coeli address on Sunday April 23 stressed the close tie between the forgiveness of sins and divine mercy: "we see the meaning of mercy that is presented on the day of Jesus’ Resurrection as forgiveness of sins."
The eleven videos in this series on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, offered each month during the Jubilee Year of Mercy, can now be accessed on a single page.
A new article in the series on mercy. We are asked to "shape our hearts in accord with the lines marked out by the Beatitudes, making a reality of the ideal Christ sets forth for us: 'to be merciful even as your Father is merciful.'"
An article by Bishop Javier Echevarría, published in "Avvenire," expressing gratitude for the Jubilee Year of Mercy in the Church. "A person who has experienced mercy is called to communicate it to others."
On November 13 in Rome, the Holy Door in the prelatic church of our Lady of Peace, which has been open during the Jubilee Year of Mercy, was closed by the Prelate.
Small gestures and steps can be a good way to begin showing mercy to others. A new video in the series on the works of mercy, for the Jubilee of Mercy.
