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Lk 17:5-10 A. Invocation to the Holy Spirit Let us invoke the Holy Spirit with the words of St. Augustine. Come Holy Spirit, by whom every pious soul who believes in Christ in order to make himself a citizen of the City of God is made holy! (En. in Ps.

Dear Father, We have heard much about mercy of late with the Jubilee Year of Mercy about to begin, but, although I think I understand it somewhat, can you tell me exactly what mercy is? The word 'mercy' comes from the Latin misericordia, which in turn comes from the two words miseria, meaning wretchedness, misery [...]