Foreword
Very Rev. Frank S. Donio, S.A.C., D.Min.
When we published our first e-book in 2014, I wrote that it was our desire that all those who would read the book would “reflect on and strengthen their relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is God, the Infinite Love.” Now it is with great joy that we release our next e-book, Mercy Alive.
Unlike our last publication, which surveyed many areas of the faith,
this book focuses on the subject of mercy. As the Jubilee of Mercy reaches its conclusion, it is our hope that this collection of posts from our
Ad Infinitum blog will encourage you to continue living out the lessons learned from this extraordinary year. As always, I thank all those authors whose work appear in this book.
Pope Francis announced the Jubilee of Mercy in his bull, Misericordiae Vultus (The Face of Mercy). In it, he writes, “[Let] us allow God to surprise us.
He never tires of casting open the doors of his heart and of repeating that
he loves us and wants us to share in his love with us” (MV 25). One lesson
I wish for all of us to take away from this year, and from this book, is that mercy is truly endless. There is no limit to the number of ways that we can seek mercy or show mercy.
I hope these reflections will inspire you to live out mercy during this jubilee year and in all the years to come.
May the charity of Christ urge us on!
~Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C.
Director, The Catholic Apostolate Center