1. The Corporal Works of Mercy Deacon Tim Vaughn

2. Prayer to the Holy Spirit Come Holy Spirit and fill the hearts of us your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your spirit and we shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth. Oh God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructs the hearts of the faithful, Grant that by same Holy Spirit we may be made truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolations. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen

3. The Year of Mercy †Pope Francis: “Live your faith during Lent, perform works of mercy” †“Lent is a time of conversion and a time to deepen one's faith, demonstrating and sharing it through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy” †"Faith finds expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit," the pope said in his message for Lent, Pope Francis said.

5. Works of Mercy †The Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy are actions we can perform that extend God’s compassion and mercy to those in need. †When we have mercy we are making other person’s life easier

6. What can I do to make the most of the Year of Mercy? †The particular ways one can celebrate this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy are up to one's own discernment. To that end, we've prepared a helpful (but not comprehensive) list of ideas to get you started! †Go to Confession regularly — monthly or even weekly. †Forgive those who are in need of your mercy.

7. What can I do to make the most of the Year of Mercy? Fulfill the conditions for plenary indulgences and consider offering those indulgences for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Go on a pilgrimage. Practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy every day.

8. †Place the Divine Mercy Image in a prominent place in your home and venerate it daily. †Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy daily, imploring mercy "on us, and on the whole world." †Make the Stations of the Cross regularly, especially at 3 p.m., the Hour of Great Mercy. †Pray Pope Francis's Year of Mercy Prayer.

9. The Corporal Works of Mercy The Corporal Works of Mercy are found in the teachings of Jesus and give us a model for how we should treat all others, as if they were Christ in disguise. The Corporal Works of Mercy are these kind acts by which we help our neighbors with their material and physical needs

10. What are the Corporal Works of mercy? †Pope Francis has asked us to rediscover the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. Throughout the Gospels Jesus admonishes us to follow his example, an example that sets down tangible ways we might better serve our brothers and sisters in need. As its name implies, the Corporal Works are directed toward serving the body: corpus, in Latin, means “body."

11. THERE ARE SEVEN CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY 1.Feed the hungry 2.Give drink to the thirsty 3.Clothe the naked 4.Shelter the homeless 5.Visit the sick 6.Visit the imprisoned 7.Bury the dead † This Jubilee we should make a concerted effort to perform these beautiful Works of Mercy.

12. †"The works of mercy are a very simple, concrete, direct, alive, daily, easy, accessible-to-all way of living the Jubilee of Mercy," he said. "The works of mercy describe what we as Christians can actually do every day, and that is why I find them so fascinating.“ Pope Francis

13. Year of Mercy Prayer Pope Francis Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: "If you knew the gift of God!"

14. You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.