Jonah fled to deprive God of offering mercy to Nineveh because, while he believed in the steadfast love and stubborn mercy of God, he felt God was too lavish with mercy to an undeserving people.

God’s mercy is radical, deep, wide and profound. And, as with all gifts from God, we are called to extend the gift to others. Jesus says, “Blessed are the merciful … .” ...

Richard, a retired Duke Divinity School professor of New Testament, is author of the 1996 book The Moral Vision of the New Testament, which has been cited extensively in arguments against queer ...

These wondrous qualities of mercy only work, however, if we let them. We have to be willing to accept God’s mercy and the healing that comes with it.

Everything in the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Holy Bible speak of God’s unfathomable love and mercy — His justice is His Mercy. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II declared ...

Five weeks ago Catholics throughout the world celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday, the second Sunday after Easter. It was designated as such by Pope Saint John Paul II on April 30, 2000, after being ...

As we prepare for Divine Mercy Sunday in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I think that Psalm 136’s vivid, living memory of God’s abiding mercy can help us all.

Rev. Msgr. Albert A. Kenney, the diocesan administrator for the Diocese of Providence, described Francis as "a shining and powerful example of the mercy of God" who embraced the poor and marginalized.

God's mercy, however, "is not just a wiping clean of the slate, as if God instantly forgets how we've fallen and failed." She went on, "The mercy of God is an outpouring of his perfect and ...

So, yes, sin matters to God and his holiness can never abide it. But sorrow matters more. Thus are we moved with the psalmist to cry out, “A broken and contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not ...

Do you ever remember a time in your life where someone encouraged you to do something that you had never done before or that wasn’t common for you, and you had to decide whether to do it? One… ...