“A touch of mercy transforms everything. It is the most profound feeling we can have: It alters the world.”
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PrayforPopeFrancis!
AccordingtoCatholicNewsAgency,“PopeFrancispassedawayat7:35a.m.localtimeonEasterMonday,April21,athisresidenceintheVatican’sCasaSantaMarta,asconfirmedbytheHolySeePressOffice.The88-year-oldpontiffledtheCatholicChurchforalittlemorethan12years.”Hereare15quotesfromPopeFrancistomeditateonastheChurchmournshispassing:CarolinePerkins,ChurchPOP“Jesus’lovegoesbeforeus,hislookanticipatesourneeds.Hecanseebeyondappearances,beyondsin,beyondfailuresandunworthiness.Heseesbeyondourrankinsociety.Heseesbeyondthis,toourdignityassonsanddaughters,adignityattimessulliedbysin,butonewhichenduresinthedepthofoursoul.HecamepreciselytoseekoutallthosewhofeelunworthyofGod,unworthyofothers.”(Cuba/U.S.Visit,2015)CarolinePerkins,ChurchPOP”Atouchofmercytransformseverything.Itisthemostprofoundfeelingwecanhave:Italterstheworld.”(FirstAngelusprayer,March17,2013)CarolinePerkin
