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“Mercy is not difficult. It is the great leveler, actually. When a heart at least partially attuned to mercy, even slightly open to it, then the more generous impulses are allowed out. You can see it, occasionally, even in the hot-blooded political blogosphere, a desire to be just, to have mercy and write the fair,…

Jim Martin dug up this gem, in his remembrance of the great publisher and editor, Robert Giroux, who died last week. Giroux was a good friend of Thomas Merton’s when the two were at Columbia just before World War II. This comes from Giroux’s introduction to the most recent edition of The Seven Storey Mountain:…

A Kennedy is in the news again — this time, with a new book exploring her own Catholic faith. Michael Paulson has the scoop at the Boston Globe: Catholicism ran deep at the home of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy. Prayers before and after every meal, when a family trip was beginning, when something got lost.…

Father of Mercy, give your people help and strength from heaven.The birth of the Virgin Mary’s sonwas the dawn of our salvation.May this celebration of her birthdaybring us closer to lasting peace.Grant this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,one God, forever and ever. Amen. —…
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