I. Introduction When he announced the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis also asked bishops and religious superiors to nominate priests whom he could commission as “missionaries of mercy” – priests who are good confessors, good preachers of the message of mercy who could travel the globe proclaiming the mercies of the Lord. On Ash Wednesday,...Read More

O extra hour in our day,Why did you have to go away?We really miss you—yes, it’s true.It’s not the same now without you.The evening might be brighter nowBut we’re too dazed to notice how.We stumble ’round the house and yawn,Just where has that dear hour gone?With you here, we hadRead More