Tuesday 09 August |

Saint of the Day: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Jubilee Year of Mercy

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

For Mother Teresa, the “joy of loving” contains the seeds of suffering, too

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Philip Kosloski

Why does Pope Francis want us to watch the movie “Babette’s Feast”?

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Patty Knap

Works of mercy from the 4th grade

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Leah Libresco Sargeant

The lazy way to fall in love with others

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Maria Garabis Davis

What happened when a small voice said, “Mom, who was that guy?”

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Judy Landrieu Klein

A final question for the Year of Mercy: Is my life under the Lordship of Christ?

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Evan Holguin

Confronted by the Commandant of Auschwitz

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David Mills

Mercy begins in the mind

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Larry Peterson

The day I met Jake and got a lesson in love’s triumph over adversity

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Margaret Rose Realy, Obl.OSB

What happened when I asked a stranger if I could pray for her

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Vatican Insider

Pope Francis: “I ask poor for forgiveness on behalf of Christians who ignore them”

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Monica DeGraffenreid

An introvert learns the joy of showing mercy to the homebound

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Deirdre Mundy

Are Americans more addicted because we do not know how to suffer, anymore?

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Judy Landrieu Klein

When mercy makes us bleed: A commentary on our collective cultural corruption

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Kevin Raedy

The stranger whom God placed in my path

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Margaret Rose Realy, Obl.OSB

Stumbling and bumbling through the Holy Door

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Tom Hoopes

Trump and Hillary: Saint-makers

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Jeannie Ewing

Trusting God through the darkest of nights

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Deirdre Mundy

The door is closing: No time for Mercy

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Anna O'Neil

The powerful virtue of self-love, and its surprising fruit

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