#TheNameofGodIsMercy in 15 Tweets

As you may have heard, a book-length interview with Pope Francis — The Name of God is Mercy — has been released about the year of mercy. I tweeted about it as I read it. If you haven’t taken a look, perhaps this will entice you, or give you a new window into the pontiff who seems to surprise, amuse, excite, annoy, enrage people from all walks of life. The great blessing is when you watch and listen, that he challenges. If you read His words, you are drawn to the Word — to the Good News in a world that desperately wants and needs it. It is hard work, living the Christian life, and it is fraught with obstacles and we will fall and faith. But be faithful! He draws us to the Lord, who loves. This mercy business is rigorous stuff, and it is healing. The book, the jubilee year is an invitation — to live the Christian life. To see Jesus Christ, to know Him, to trust Him, in His Mystical Body, the Church.

Now onto the tweets:

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"I have learned to wait,2 trust in the Lord, 2 ask for his help, so I can discern better & receive guidance." @pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"The Church is showing her maternal side, her motherly face, to a humanity that is wounded." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy #YearofMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"Jesus said he came not for those who were good but for the sinners." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"Relativism wounds people too: all things seem equal, all things appear the same." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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in #TheNameOfGodIsMercy #PopeFrancis quotes Chesterton:"When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything."

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"sin is more than a stain. Sin is a wound; it needs to be treated, healed." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"shame is a grace we ask for; it is good, positive, because it makes us humble." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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#HeartofaFather #TheNameOfGodIsMercy pic.twitter.com/56qz2mJXLR

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"a shattered heart is the most pleasing gift to God. It is the sign that we are conscious of our sins… @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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His mercy is infinitely greater than our sins,his medicine is infinitely stronger than our illnesses that he has2heal.–#TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"we only need to take a small step toward God, or at least express the desire to take it." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"None of us should speak of injustice without thinking of all the injustice we have committed before God." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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"The Lord of mercy always forgives me; he always offers me the possibility of starting over." — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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He loves me for what I am, he wants to raise me up, and he extends his hand to me. — @Pontifex #TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016

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Let us always remember the words of Saint John of the Cross:"In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone. —#TheNameOfGodIsMercy

— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 12, 2016