PPT-Part 4: Mercy in Our Communities

The Mercy Journey Mercy in Our Communities Bringing mercy offering compassion and enacting justice in the world around us The purpose of the gospel is restoring creation taking the things that are falling apart and bringing them back together  Meeting psychological social and physical needs Youre not saved by doing that but you are saved to do that Without the business of restoration youre just waiting for heaven and thats a very reductionistic understanding of the Christian life . Its Easter Sunday only you dont know its Easter yet So far as you know Jesus is dead buried and beginning to rot And your whole life is in shambles The last three years have proved to be a total waste of time following a man you had thought and hop Immense and Free. O sing my soul . and tell all He’s done. ‘Til. the earth and heavens . are filled with His glory.. Lift High the Name of Jesus. Lift high the Name of Jesus. Of Jesus our King. Make known the power of His grace. Corporal works of mercy is a strange phrase but it means the practical things you can do to help others: . Can you think of a story from the Gospel where most of these things are said?. If you cannot remember the story then look up MT25 31-46 . Divine Mercy, in which we are all immersed, Extraordinary. . A time when “the Church feels the urgent need to proclaim God’s . mercy” . (. Misericordiae. . Vultus. , 25. ). A time . “dedicated . to living out in our daily lives the mercy which the Father constantly extends to all of us” . A reflection . Jesus of Nazareth, by his words, his actions, and his entire person reveals the . mystery of God. . We . need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy. . It . is a wellspring of joy, serenity, and peace. In this Holy Year of Mercy . Syria enters its fifth year of conflict.. 250,000 people have lost their lives.. 12.2 . million people are in need of assistance, including . five million . children. . At . A reflection . Jesus of Nazareth, by his words, his actions, and his entire person reveals the . mercy . of God. . We . need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy. . It . is a wellspring of joy, serenity, and peace. Dear brothers and sisters, I have often thought about how the Church might make clear its mission of being a witness to mercy. It is journey that begins with a spiritual conversion. For this reason, I have decided to call an extraordinary Jubilee that is to have the mercy of God at its centre. It shall be a Holy Year of Mercy. We want to live this Year in the light of the Lord's words: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (cf. . Mission Officers and Boards:. Development for Mission. October 3, 2016. Catherine McMahon, RSM – . Special Assistant to the President for Mission and . Planning Gwynedd Mercy University . Elements of Mission Formation for Trustees at one Mercy University. 8 December 2015 – . 20 November 2016. What is a holy year?. Every 25 years the Pope announces a ‘Holy Year’. . Holy Years . include . special celebrations and . pilgrimages. They . offer . special . The . play is being presented at . Metropolitan Library System libraries in central Oklahoma.. 'Nothing . But Mercy' tells story of integration of Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. “Nothing But Mercy” is essentially about the confrontation between a nurse and the nun and, on a deeper level, the conflict between the unjust Jim Crow laws of that time and the laws of God followed by the Sisters of Mercy.. Caught in the Act (John 8:3-4). The man goes free.. The Law required that both guilty parties be . _____ . and not just the woman. . stoned. THE TRUTH: . MERCY AND GRACE. Caught in the Act (John 8:3-4). 2. Ps. 108:4. [. 4. ] For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.. 3. Ps. 119:64. [. 64. ] The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.. 4. Eph. 2:4.