
Cardinal Dolan praises 3-word prayer, and a few more
On social media, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been reintroducing Catholics to aspirations -- brief, heartfelt prayers that can be offered at any time.

Both East and West read the Gospel account of St. Thomas' encounter with the Risen Lord, which was ultimately an encounter with Divine Mercy.

As crises persist, Philippine bishops invite the nation to renew its trust in Divine Mercy through a unified act of prayer on April 12, which is Divine Mercy Sunday this year.

While we may be reluctant to go to confession and confess our sins, God is there, waiting for us, desiring to hold us in his arms again.

The Mercedarians have been saving Christians from captivity for more than 800 years and continue to play an important role in the world.

A lesser known story from the life of St. Faustina is that she received the invisible stigmata, feeling the pain Jesus suffered on the cross.

How can we participate more fully in God’s Divine Mercy? What would it look like to forgive others as freely as Christ does?

Many parishes also offered the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Eucharistic Adoration, and opportunities for confession in preparation for the consecration.

St. John Paul II believed the entire world needed to feel the warmth of God's Divine Mercy and that we have a particular role to help it spread.

Fr. Paul Murphy was brutally attacked by a teen who tried to kill him. In court the priest reached out with forgiveness and compassion.

Continuing his series on Gospel accounts of meetings with Jesus, Pope Francis looked at what happens when we feel "without hope" and meet Jesus.

St. John Paul II's final Regina Caeli address connected the feast of Divine Mercy to the feast of the Annunciation, which in 2005 was moved to April 4.

Fr. Józef Andrasz played an important role in the life of St. Faustina, but is not often remembered.

After praying a novena to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Faustina saw the Little Flower in a dream, which greatly consoled her at the time.

St. Faustina offered herself as a sacrifice, hoping and praying that the entire world would know God's love and experience his mercy.

We might grow impatient at ourselves, or when looking at others, but God's mercy is not bound by our impatience. He can wait.

God’s mercy is endless and he is always ready to be merciful, while we are often reluctant to be merciful to our neighbor.

While St. Maria Goretti certainly received many graces from God to forgive her attacker, she also likely learned mercy from the family she grew up in.