
Parable of the Unmerciful Servant and ‘the Measure by Which You Measure’
SCRIPTURES & ART: A look at the readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, through the eyes of Baroque artist Domenico Fetti
SCRIPTURES & ART: A look at the readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, through the eyes of Baroque artist Domenico Fetti
As the year closes, let’s close our books on our fellow man: Isn’t it time to sweep away some pride and forgive?
We cannot expect God to be merciful to us if we do not extend that same mercy to others.
This is no time for complacence among Catholics, for whom spiritual medicine — beginning with prayer — must be administered with ever more courage and zeal than before.
God became man and suffered with us. In his kindness and mercy, he draws us closer to him in the midst of our sorrow.
What is mercy, but God’s love poured out? I cannot think of anything world need more.
COMMENTARY: Let us heed the words of Pope St. John Paul II, who once told young people that the fastest way to mature was to become better penitents.
Brandt Jean’s extraordinary actions show the ordinary demands of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ
‘Our Lady, who unties the knots of life, frees us from the pretense of believing we are righteous and makes us feel the need to go to the Lord ...’
The depiction of Jesus invoking mercy reminds the faithful to trust Christ.
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