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We remember Pope Francis as the "pope of mercy" and explore how the early church and later saints practiced this virtue.

God helps us grow in our faith when new conditions and insights present themselves, as we race to see and understand the empty tomb and discarded linens of Easter morning.

Journey to the cross through your own "passion" experiences.

God waits for us with open arms, ever merciful, saving us through Christ, Our Lord.

Christians must live-in-mercy, sacrificially giving ourselves from the wellspring God's love within our hearts.

We must seek nourishment in God's Word to bear fruit for His garden.

The Transfiguration of Christ reveals his prophetic role and unique mission as the Messiah, the Son of God, who can be seen today in places we may rather not approach, focus on or find out about, at first.

We all are subject to the temptations of wanting possessions, power and prestige, but the three traditional practices of Lent purify us.

The faithful example of our sisters in the jungle of Brazil shows us how to be pilgrims of hope in our troubled world.

Pope Francis continually reminds us that "mercy is God's identity card" and our Christian vocation is to always be God's visible, merciful face in today's world.

Make the move to follow Christ to the margins of human society and experience the privilege of living Gospel values.

Explore ten aspects of discipleship through the lens of this week's Gospel.

In these times, we must be pilgrims of hope like Mary and Joseph, who persevered to create the Holy Family with Jesus after receiving troubling prophecies when they presented him at the temple.

Do you frequently ask Jesus to make you more generous and less selfish?

Understanding our reconciliation with God as a wedding feast, with the wine of Christ reserved for us until now, helps us appreciate the depth of meaning of the first sign of Jesus’ mission among us.

As baptized Christians, we are called to ordinary lives that imitate Jesus and his mission.

We hold the joyful and the painful in our hearts as we live our mission of manifesting God’s love.

On the Feast of the Holy Family, resolve to become an "intimate community of life and love" that is sustaining, healing and growing.

Both women are filled with the Holy Spirit during their joyful visit.

The most economically-challenged in any society preserve their God-given capacity for joy as a vital resource that we can all learn from and develop, as we wake up to the freedom and happiness of living in harmony with God’s plans that the Messiah has made possible.