During the Exodus, as God led his covenant people to their homeland, God revealed himself to Moses with the words, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in ...

The psalm response for the First Sunday of Lent sets the tone for the entire season. It is one of the most familiar biblical prayers for divine mercy: “Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; In ...

Pope Francis began a new cycle of general audience catechesis on mercy in the biblical perspective. The term merciful "evokes an attitude of tenderness like that of a mother towards her child". An ...

More than 40,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for Pope Benedict XVI's general audience on Oct. 19. The Holy Father devoted his catechesis to Psalm 130, one of the best-known penitential ...

The two great attributes of God in the Bible are justice and mercy. Today’s responsorial psalm reminds us that “the Lord is just in all his ways.” But we also hear that “the Lord is gracious and ...

Dear brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, one of the most profound and ...

Muslims have been ordained to recite the first chapter of the Quran in each prayer they offer every day. It consists of only seven verses. The following is the translation of the chapter: In the name ...

Quotations to stir heart and mind. AT FIRST GLANCE, such statements seem to suggest that the process of showing mercy begins with us. That, however, is not the case. It is God who is merciful and ...

Bless the Lord, for He is merciful and good to all; He raises up those who are bowed down (Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14). God’s gentle and loving compassion seeks out the lost and makes them ...