With the challenges and trials of life, the need for God's mercy and compassion becomes a beacon of hope that guides us through our darkest times. These divine qualities reflect God's willingness to ...

Photo by Sasha Freemind, courtesy of Unsplash. A covenant that becomes open to more and more people over time is a theme that runs through parts of Scripture. This theme lies in tension with a desire ...

Genesis 19 (the story of Sodom and Gomorrah) is one of the most sobering chapters in the Bible. It shows us total moral ...

Mercy. What are we asking for when we ask for God's mercy? Because we use the word during the penitential rite in our Eucharist, we often think of the plea for mercy as a petition for forgiveness, but ...

Precisely because God’s mercy is beyond human categories and constraints, His dispensation of justice and grace goes beyond our comprehension. The Lord reveals the irreducible and absolute freedom of ...

When God is described in the Bible as being both merciful and just it can seem like an identity crisis, however Pope Francis said it's the opposite: rather than contradicting each other, the two ...

Last year, I went on a minibus ride with clients of a center for people with disabilities in Ecuador. Sitting next to me was Letitia, a petite, wrinkled and worn 60-year-old woman who was propping up ...

God’s goodness manifests itself in His compassion, which does not fail counting on His awesome faithfulness (Lam. 3:22-23). These divine tender mercies, which are all over His works (Psalm 145:9), ...

“Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances, but look for what is beautiful in my neighbors’ souls and come to their rescue” (Diary, No. 163).

So, is the Bible worthless because it can argue both sides? Hardly. It’s priceless because it trusts us to think – to listen, question, and discern. The real danger isn’t that Scripture contradicts ...