Author: Roz Parr
Jacqueline D’Alessio: Legacy Society member who walks with Mercy
Celebrating Black Resistance with Mercy
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Dream Unrealized
Philippines sisters respond to Christmas flooding and landslides
By Catherine Walsh, Features Writer – Flooding and landslides caused by torrential Christmas rains in the southern Philippines moved Sisters of Mercy there to spring into action to offer help to those affected. Amid the relentless rain, Sister Helen Libo-on, a local leader of the sisters, called Sister Virgencita “JenJen” Alegado, a fellow leader. “I told her, ‘JenJen, we are in trouble here!’”
Mary: The Mother of God and Theotokos – God Bearer
Christmas Day Is Just the Beginning
COP27: Are we walking into a desert?
By Sister Ana María Siufi – The Conference of the Parties, COP27, was held in November in Egypt to review and move ahead with agreements on climate change. I was part of the Mercy Global Action (MGA) delegation, along with Sister Angela Reed (MGA director), Cecilie Kern (from the MGA office), and Sister Magdalene Musau from Kenya. The experience was challenging and educational.
John’s Prologue: A Hymn to the Word of God
While each evangelist grappled with the question “Who is Jesus?,” the fourth Gospel did so in a fresh, unique way. John drew upon an independent tradition of Jesus’ actions and teachings that had apparently circulated for years.
The enduring heart of Mercy
Our Lady of Guadalupe and How We Respond to our Critical Concerns
How Luke Begins His Gospel: A Reflection on Advent
Luke wants readers to know he’s a real person who collected written records that he has personally verified. He’s not writing his personal memoir, a fictional adventure novel, gossipy stories about Roman emperors, or transmitting messages from the gods as an oracle or seer. He intends to present an “orderly account” of what the community of faith already knows about Jesus of Nazareth. So the first question I can ask myself is, “Who am I, the reader? Where am I in my own spiritual life?”