Mother Of God 2026 - Mother

With the Blessed Mother, we ponder the mystery of her Divine Son. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/0kDlqwv Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/ju0RLxK
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Holy Family 2025 - Family

As we reflect on the Holy Family, we seek to follow the model that Jesus, Mary and Joseph provide, and pray for the good of all families. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/JjgYr7k Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/gMQmtpH True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Christmas Day 2025 - Profess

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. https://ift.tt/bB1KxyE #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/AxzJC7o Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/Sfr38TE True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Christmas Dawn 2025 - Profess

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/AxzJC7o Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/bY8LcMn True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Christmas Midnight 2025 - Profess

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. https://ift.tt/lDyqoJi #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/AxzJC7o Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/NX41QC6 True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Christmas Eve 2025 - Profess

The Creed and the Gloria, two texts we might take for granted, inform us what we celebrate with Christ’s birth. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/AxzJC7o Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/rRUtedS True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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4th Sunday Advent 2025 - Action

St. Joseph is visited in a dream, and trusts in the message of the Lord given through the angel. While we do not hear his response, he certainly acts on it. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/xOTz6Ns Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/V2AtZ5G True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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3rd Sunday Advent 2025 - Rejoice

John the Baptist sends some of his disciples to ask the Lord if He is the messiah, and Jesus invites us to know those in the Kingdom are greater. This is cause for rejoicing. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/sHK2Bx6 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/RaFUptz True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Immaculate Conception 2025 - Prepared

God acted in a singular way at the conception of the Blessed Mother to prepare her for the task of bring the Son of God into this world. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/kZ7UTvn Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/DiSTAd5 True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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2nd Sunday Advent 2025 - Fruits

John the Baptist confronted the religious leaders for seeking the fruits of what was happening without conversion, the work required. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/kZ7UTvn Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/jsIo1RA True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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1st Sunday Advent 2025 - Encounter

As we enter Advent, we call to mind that there is an appointed time when the Lord will come, and He wants us to encounter Him. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/gUhtcuB Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/CrSyi4s True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Thanksgiving 2025 - Thanksgiving

As our nation celebrates this Thanksgiving, looking at how it became a national holiday can help us understand why it is so important. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/4EC7vMF Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/95vinIc True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Christ The King 2025 - Declaration

Jesus Christ is Lord and King, but maybe our proclamation of Him as such is too subtle. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/NnTZykD Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/irlzJRy True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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33rd Sunday 2025 - Pieces

There will be a time when all will be destroyed. What pieces will the Lord pick up from us? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/jMahwQv Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/mb3ftxs True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon and other places as listed at www.mercywithteeth.com
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Dedication Of St John Lateran 2025 - Superabundance

We celebrate the dedication of a Church in Rome, which reminds us that we are called by Christ to become the Church, giving the building its meaning, and living in superabundance of the spiritual gifts of Christ. www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/QUe5DHy Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/3eIa9cr Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon
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All Souls 2025 - Purified

As we commemorate All Souls’ Day, we pray for those who have died and are in purgatory for reparations and release from attachment to sin. We call to mind the Four Last Things, and prepare ourselves for our death. www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/ljgkud9 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/gNIVmRB Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://ift.tt/FWPSVyp
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30th Sunday 2025 - Word

Our Lord teaches a parable about prayer and humility, telling the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Both received what they were there for, but only one went home with justified. What word are we seeking from the Lord in our prayer. www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/xmT0Bsa Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/BExwLhn Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://ift.tt/EPCibZR
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29th Sunday 2025 - PRAY

Our Lord preaches a parable of a widow who is persistent in her asking for justice, speaking of the necessity of persistence in prayer. He would also include being real, active, and yielding in our prayer. https://ift.tt/gLWoyMb www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/aZ095TE Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/Ym7lCQd Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://ift.tt/K9WEYaV
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St. Margaret Mary Alocoque and Mercy With Teeth

Today is the Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the humble Visitation nun through whom the Lord revealed His Sacred Heart—a heart burning with love, wounded by sin, and overflowing with mercy.

St. Margaret Mary lived in a turbulent era. The Church in 17th-century France was marked by a rigorist spirit, particularly through the rise of Jansenism—a movement that distorted the faith by emphasizing fear, severity, and human unworthiness over divine mercy. Many of the faithful were led to believe that God’s justice left little room for love. People were discouraged from approaching the Eucharist, terrified of receiving unworthily. Even some bishops and priests forbade their parishioners to receive Communion, believing it safer to stay away from Christ than risk offending Him.

Into that fear, Jesus revealed His Heart to Sr. Margaret Mary—a Heart that beats not with condemnation, but with compassion. He did not deny sin or the need for repentance; rather, He showed that mercy is stronger than fear. His Sacred Heart burns with love for sinners and longs to heal, not to harm; to invite, not to intimidate.

The Lord’s revelation to St. Margaret Mary was, in its time, a form of “mercy with teeth.” It was not sentimental or permissive—it was courageous. It confronted a distorted image of God and called the Church back to the truth: that holiness flows from love, not terror; from trust, not despair. Divine Mercy does not erase justice—it fulfills it. The Sacred Heart is both pierced and powerful, tender yet strong, embracing humanity’s wounds while calling souls to conversion and deeper intimacy with Christ.

In a world that still wrestles with both extremes—either cheap grace or paralyzing fear—the message of the Sacred Heart remains urgent. Mercy with teeth is the mercy of that Heart: love that defends, heals, and restores, but also names sin and calls the sinner home.

May St. Margaret Mary teach us to approach the Lord’s Heart with confidence and awe, trusting that in His mercy we find both strength and salvation.

“Behold this Heart which has loved men so much…” — Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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28th Sunday 2025 - Thanksgiving

By being obedient to the ordinary, Naaman and the 10 lepers find healing. Only Naaman and a samaritan return to thank the Lord. Thanksgiving is the start of stewardship - living a life of gratitude for all the Lord has done. https://ift.tt/s8cZ1b5 www.mercywithteeth.com #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay #mercywithteeth Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: https://ift.tt/JlRS90e Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://ift.tt/Gp9Wozv www.mercywithteeth.com Great News: True Mercy Has Teeth: A Catholic Journey to Forgiveness and Healing is now available on Amazon https://ift.tt/eNpyt1O
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