Pope Francis frequently emphasizes mercy. Lent can be a time of renewed efforts in practicing the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. Even if you can not set a world record in naming these 14 works of mercy visitors to this site can learn from John Prager’s Vincentian Perspectives. “To Serve the Poor Spiritually and Corporally”.
“There are many ways of expressing the Vincentian charism. One way to define it is accompanying the poor in the construction of the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom is the center of Jesus’ life and mission. It is the proclamation, by word and work, of God’s victory over every form of evil. Jesus responds to people’s experience of evil, the bad news, with the Good News that evil is being conquered. Paul VI put it like this:
The Works of Mercy, by the Master of Alkmaar made for the Church of Saint Lawrence in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The wooden panels show the works of mercy in this order: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, bury the dead, shelter the traveler, comfort the sick, and free the imprisoned. Circa 1504.
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