The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are filled with well-known accounts of the miracles Christ performed. Christians love to reflect on Christ’s healing of the Gadarene demoniac, His raising to life Jairus’s daughter, and His bountifully providing food for five thousand hungry listeners. But author Gerald M. Bilkes doesn’t want us to study these miracles just because they are loved or well known. He wants us to value them for what they teach us about Christ. He writes, “When we study the miracles, we should never lose sight of the glorious and magnificent Christ who performed them. He still performs miracles in hearts and lives. These things should astound us no less than the miracles He did when He was on earth.” This heart-warming, experiential look at twenty-two of Christ’s miracles, with questions following each chapter, is an excellent tool for personal or group Bible study and will lead you to the cross, the empty tomb, and the God who purposed and performed these important events of Scripture.

Bringing to light God's mercy, the author explores the effects of sin and writes to bring readers back to God.

This full-color teacher's guide features 12 ready-to-use lesson plans that will bring vividly to life the limitless of God's mercy throughout Salvation History, while showing young people how to integrate the corporal and spiritual works of mercy into everything they believe and do as Catholics. Each self-contained lesson is teacher-written, classroom-tested, and scholar-reviewed, and provides an easier and more effective way to engage your students with God's mercy. To help you differentiate instruction, this guide includes lessons at three grade levels. Each lesson is clearly marked with an intended audience and reading level. Based on the students you have from class to class and year to year, you can decide which resources to use with which students. Each lesson is designed in a flexible, modular format, and includes: Connections to the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchLearning goals and connections to the Catechism of the Catholic ChurchBiblical touchstonesComprehension and critical thinking questionsWarm-up / bell workMain activity such as primary source analysis, role-playing, structured debate, and many othersHomework and extension optionsBulletin Board extension options for elementary lessons The veteran schoolteachers who wrote the twelve lessons included here know firsthand your needs in the classroom. Even the layflat binding makes it easy for you to photocopy all the provided handouts and activities. Lessons include: Unit One: God's Mercy Revealed in Salvation History Lesson 1: Understanding Mercy and CovenantsLesson 2: God's Mercy Revealed in the Covenant with AdamLesson 3: God's Mercy in the Covenant with NoahLesson 4: The Plan of Mercy Inaugurated: The Covenant with AbrahamLesson 5: God's Mercy Tested: The Covenant with MosesLesson 6: God's Mercy Persists: The Covenant with DavidLesson 7: God's Plan for Mercy Comes to Fulfillment: The New Covenant in Christ Unit Two: Experiencing and Living Mercy Lesson 8: Exploring the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy with Sacred ArtLesson 9: Introduction to the Corporal and Spiritual Works of MercyLesson 10: Jesus Teaches us How to Live the Works of MercyLesson 11: Mercy's Work of Showing God's LoveLesson 12: Saints of MercyAppendix B: Teacher Toolkit: Special Projects for Entering into the Story of Salvation Includes 20 Saint Cards with short, engaging biographies of: St. Margaret Mary AlacoqueSt. BernadetteSt. Catherine of SienaSt. Peter ClaverServant of God Dorothy DaySt. Vincent de PaulBl. Pier Giorgio FrassatiSt. FaustinaSt. Ignatius of LoyolaPope St. John Paul IISt. Maximilian KolbeSt. Maria GorettiSt. Martin of ToursMary, Mother of MercySt. Peter NalascoSt. Teresa of AvilaSt. Therese of LisieuxBl. Miguel ProSt. John VianneySt. Francis Xavier

p>We need hope in our world. Flowing forth from the Heart of Jesus is a torrent of mercy that is the source of this much-needed hope. Mike Pacer helps readers to discover how in God's mercy we find a reason for joy here on earth and expectation for eternal joy in Heaven. Mike's engaging and straightforward approach sheds light on the following: The merciful and loving God revealed in the Old Testament Jesus Christ as the source of mercy and reason for hope The hope imparted through the message of Divine Mercy given to St. Faustina Mary's role as the Mother of Mercy and Hope Hope is not merely a feeling, but also an action through which our lives are transformed. Mike Pacer provides practical suggestions on how we can live more joyful lives through being merciful to others and receiving mercy ourselves.

In these thirty meditations on the person of Jesus Christ, Archbishop of St Louis Justin Rigali shows Jesus -- in His divinity and humanity, His love and mercy, His way of life, mission, commandments, death, Resurrection, and Incarnation. The author affirms that to believe in Jesus is to accept Him in His entirety. This is a profoundly moving and joyous call "for Jesus."Written from the heart, this book: -- includes reflections on Mary the Mother of Jesus and St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe.-- is an uplifting addition to Jesus and Marian scholarship.-- is wonderful devotional reading for the general reader.

Discover why mercy is the mission of everyone in the Church! This is the handbook that has introduced millions of souls to the life-changing message that brings hope to a hurting world. It covers every aspect of the authentic Divine Mercy message and devotion - from the Feast and Hour of Great Mercy to the Chaplet and Novena, as well as selected prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina.