Mercy Moments

Mercy Moments: Season Two, Episode Four

March 9, 2023

“Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mí.” – DE COLORES, TRADITIONAL SPANISH FOLK SONG It was “De Colores” day.  I heard the movie playing…

Mercy Moments: Season Two, Episode Three

March 2, 2023

LISTENER ADVISORY: Before we begin, you should know that this episode mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, call or text 988. The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline…

Mercy Moments: Season Two, Episode Two

February 23, 2023

Or Listen on:  BuzzSprout | Spotify | iHeart Radio | Apple Podcasts There’s a great story of St. Francis of Assisi – a story that I remember from childhood – that involves the saint speaking with a…

Mercy Moments: Season Two, Episode One

February 21, 2023

Join Catholic Charities Family Immigration staffer and DOJ Accredited Representative, Marissa Flores Madden, for Season Two of Mercy Moments, our Lenten reflection podcast series.

Mercy Moments: Episode Eight

April 22, 2022

Mercy Moments: Our lives are dripping with mercy.  Indeed, our world is drenched in it. “We are an Easter people and alleluia is our song.” -St. Augustine Throughout the year…

Mercy Moments: Episode Seven

April 14, 2022

Mercy Moments: Our lives are dripping with mercy.  Indeed, our world is drenched in it. “My family is starving while hiding from the Taliban.  You’re telling me there’s no way…

Mercy Moments: Episode Six

April 7, 2022

Mercy Moments: Our lives are dripping with mercy.  Indeed, our world is drenched in it. “They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the…

Mercy Moments: Episode Five

March 31, 2022

Mercy Moments: Our lives are dripping with mercy.  Indeed, our world is drenched in it. While visiting with my 3-year-old niece last summer, I quickly began quoting what seemed to…

Mercy Moments: Episode Four

March 23, 2022

Mercy Moments: Our lives are dripping with mercy.  Indeed, our world is drenched in it.  When you’re raised Catholic in Steubenville, Ohio, you quickly learn that when a priest, deacon,…

Mercy Moments: Episode 3

March 14, 2022

Mercy Moments: Our lives are dripping with mercy.  Indeed, our world is drenched in it.  Pilgrimage: a sacred journey.  Before my first immersion retreat to the U.S./Mexico border, I had…