Spirituality within the Cahtolic tradition

mercy Charism

Recommended Readings

Misericordia Vultus 

By Pope Francis, 2015

The Name of God is Mercy

By Pope Francis (Translated by Oonagh Stransky)

Ministry That Transforms: A Contemplative Process of Theological Reflection

By Kathleen McAlpin, RSM, D.Min. with forward by Mary Jo Leddy

The Way of Mercy   

By Christine M. Bochen, ed. 

Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life  

By Cardinal Walter Kasper

On Mercy

By Malcom Bull

Version 1.0.0

This Flowing Toward Me: A Story of God Arriving in Strangers

By Marilyn Lacey with forward by Helen Prejean

  1. How have you experienced mercy, or been witness to it in your life?
  2. Where in you do you feel a need for mercy?
  3. How does mercy heal and create, make connections and build bridges?
  4. Where is mercy needed?  What would it look like?  What role do you have to play?  
  5. What is the sacrifice/cost and the holiness of mercy?
  6. What does it look like when our minds and hearts are transformed by mercy?  What fosters these experiences of grace?