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Inspirations for the Jubilee Year of Mercy

Mercy and Catholic Social Teaching

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What is Mercy, and how do we bring it to others?  Two beautiful videos were recently produced that help shed light on this subject, and guides us in living the Gospel Life.  May God bless you in this Jubilee Year of Mercy!

In the most difficult of trials, the elderly who have the faith are like trees that continue to bear fruit." (Pope Francis on Instagram, October 15, 2016)

In the most difficult of trials, the elderly who have the faith are like trees that continue to bear fruit.” (Pope Francis on Instagram, October 15, 2016)

 

CST 101 Rights and Responsibilities – Catholic Social Teaching (USCCB)

 

Cardinal-designate Cupich explains mercy (Catholic News Service)

 

LINKS

Cardinal Kasper on significance of Holy Year of Mercy (Vatican Radio)

Mercy in Motion – Jubilee of Mercy resources (USCCB)

October 15th: Feast of St. Teresa of Avila

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“Today St Teresa of Ávila invites us to pray more in order to be closer to God and to improve our lives.”

Papal Tweet (Pope Francis on October 15, 2016)

“This Beloved of ours is merciful and good. Besides, he so deeply longs for our love that he keeps calling us to come closer. This voice of his is so sweet that the poor soul falls apart in the face of her own inability to instantly do whatever he asks of her. And so you can see, hearing him hurts much more than not being able to hear him… For now, his voice reaches us through words spoken by good people, through listening to spiritual talks, and reading sacred literature. God calls to us in countless little ways all the time. Through illnesses and suffering and through sorrow he calls to us. Through a truth glimpsed fleetingly in a state of prayer he calls to us. No matter how halfhearted such insights may be, God rejoices whenever we learn what he is trying to teach us.”
― Teresa of Ávila, Interior Castle

Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) Doctor of the Church and patron saint for those with illness and people in religious orders.

Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) Doctor of the Church, and patron saint for those with illness and people in religious orders. (painting by Peter Paul Rubens)

Saint Teresa of Avila, pray for us!!!

St. Teresa of Avila (Apostleship of Prayer)

 

500 Years Since the Birth of St. Teresa of Avila (Rome Reports)

 

LINKS

Saint Teresa of Avila (Franciscan Media)

Saint Teresa of Avila (CatholicSaints.info) – many links, + her books and letters

5th Centenary of Saint Teresa of Jesus (Decacled Carmelites in the U.S.)

Teresa of Avila (Carmelite Forum of Britain & Ireland)

Icon for the 500th Centenary of St. Teresa of Avila

Icon for the 500th Centenary of St. Teresa of Avila

#MercyFriday – Blessing to Children

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Blessings on this MercyFriday!  Pope Francis visited a home for children coming from troubled homes today.

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CNS photo by L’Osservatore Romano Pope Francis plays table soccer with a young resident during an Oct. 14 visit to Rome’s SOS Children’s Village. The village, which includes five houses, attempts to provide a home-like atmosphere for children under the age of 12 whose parents cannot care for them.

Pope visits residential home for children in Rome (Vatican Radio)

October 13th: Celebrating 100 Years of Fatima in 2017

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“I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.”

Our Lady of Fatima, October 13, 1917

Procession of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal

Procession of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal

Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!!!

We celebrate one of the most widely seen marian apparitions in human history and the messages that Mary brought to the three children at Fatima from May 13, 2017 to October 13, 2017. One of the best recent films is called The 13th Day:

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Celebrating 100 Years of Fatima (EWTN)

World Apostolate of Fatima

Cardinal Parolin visits Fatima ahead of Pope’s trip (CNA)

Fatima Centennial – U.S. Tour for Peace

Fatima100

A Revolution of Mercy

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“If each of us, every day, do one work of mercy, there will be a revolution in the world. Everyone, ok? Each one of us.”

Pope Francis (General Audience, October 12, 2016)

Brothers and sisters of the Franciscan fraternity called O Caminho play religious music after serving food to homeless people in the Campo Grande neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, April 17, 2013. Grouped into a fraternity named "O Caminho," or "The Way," this group of Franciscan monks and nuns who help the homeless on the streets of Rio, say they consider the election of the first Pope from Latin America to be a confirmation of all they believe in and do for the poor. Pope Francis will visit Rio de Janeiro on his first trip since assuming the papacy. Picture taken April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL)

Brothers and sisters of the Franciscan fraternity called O Caminho play religious music after serving food to homeless people in the Campo Grande neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, April 17, 2013. Grouped into a fraternity named “O Caminho,” or “The Way,” this group of Franciscan monks and nuns who help the homeless on the streets of Rio, say they consider the election of the first Pope from Latin America to be a confirmation of all they believe in and do for the poor. Picture taken April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL)

The works of mercy are the antidote to the virus of indifference (Rome Reports)

 

LINKS

Pope in Audience: The works of mercy are the antidote to the virus of indifference (Rome Reports)

General Audience: English language summary (Vatican Radio)

In the Spirit of a Franciscan Pope… (PapaFrancis.net)

Brothers and sisters of the Franciscan fraternity called O Caminho offer haircuts and shaves for homeless people in the Campo Grande neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL)

Brothers and sisters of the Franciscan fraternity called O Caminho offer haircuts and shaves for homeless people in the Campo Grande neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL)