Be Merciful

Jubilee Year of Mercy

• Fr. Jeff offers these presentations as a three part series to understand our need for mercy, to receive mercy and to show mercy to others.
  • Introducing the Year of Mercy
  • Mercy in the Sacraments and Acts of Mercy
  • Exploring the Meaning and Need For Mercy
• ​Later Fr. Jeff did a one part presentation "What Comes After the Jubilee Year of Mercy?"  This overlaps with the three part series above but does offer some new insights.

Other material on Mercy and Forgiveness

• "The Journey to Jesus: Acts of Mercy" - In this presentation Fr. Jeff begins from his presentation "The Journey to Jesus" and moved to the acts of mercy as a way to bring Jesus to the world and for us to see Jesus in our neighbor.
• "Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Myself (and others)?" - We know we need forgiveness, yet it can be hard to think that God will forgive us.  We think we are not worthy.  We might think that because we keep committing the same sins over and over that God will stop forgiving us.  When someone offends us over and over, we might want to stop forgiving them.  Fortunately for us, God is not like that.  What other reasons do we have to think we shouldn’t be forgiven?  Why else might we not want to forgive someone else?
• "Remembering the Past and Building a Better Future" - This is the fourth article in a series, Our Relationships With Others, written by Fr. Jeff reflecting on Pope Francis' encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.  This article focuses on our need for forgiveness.
• Finding Peace and Healing in a Troubled World, Part II