May we be profoundly shaken

For the past couple of weeks I have taken up Pope Francis?s recent encouragement that we read his encyclical Laudato Si. I?m ashamed to say that I?d never read it before, but I decided that now is as good a time as any to remedy that problem. While I?m still only a couple of chapters into the document, there has been so much that has both resonated with me personally and has led me to reflect on the events of today. It?s truly a prophetic document. There is one passage in particular that?s stayed with me this past week, after the US witnessed yet another murder of a person of color by a police officer and cities across the country have erupted in protest in response. 

However, before I get to that teaching from?Laudato Si, I want to go back to a?homily?Pope Francis gave a few weeks ago on the feast of Divine Mercy. When the pope spoke about mercy he first focused on who God is and the mercy he shows us.?

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