The Surprise Summer Page-Turner

Greater Than God?

  If after almost a year of reading, discussing, meditating and praying about mercy we are still unconvinced, Pope Francis has laid it out in blunt terms, and his message bears repeating: “If God…

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Jesus is All Mercy by Peter Yaremko

  When we take up our cross, we discover that it is freeing, that the yoke is easy and the burden light, just as Jesus promises. Isn’t this what Jesus meant when, on the night of his passion, he offered…

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Artisans of Mercy by Peter Yaremko

  Some 25,000 people attended Pope Francis’s general audience in St. Peter's Square a few days after the canonization of Saint Teresa of Kolkata. Before delivering his final blessing, the Pope called…

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Lazarus Among Us by Peter Yaremko

  Who is the Lazarus among us? Our newest saint, Mother Teresa, recognized him in alleys and gutters: “The outcasts, those who are rejected, the unloved, prisoners, alcoholics, the dying, those who…

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A Revolution of Tenderness by Peter Yaremko

  “Sometimes we think we are doing God a favor when we do a work of mercy. But actually we find mercy and salvation for ourselves.” That’s what Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley told the 2016 World…

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