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From a letter for World Day Prayer for Vocations 2016 All the baptized may experience the joy of belonging to the Church and rediscover that the Christian vocation, just like every particular vocation, is born from  within the People of God, and is a gift of divine mercy. [...] Each vocation in the Church has its origin in the compassionate gaze of Jesus. Conversion and vocation are two sides of the same coin, and continually remain  interconnected throughout the whole of the missionary disciple’s life. [...] The ecclesial dynamism of the call is an antidote to indifference and to individualism. It establishes the communion in which indifference is vanquished by love,  because it demands that we go beyond ourselves and place our lives at the service of God’s plan, embracing the historical circumstances of his holy people. [...] No one is called exclusively for a particular region, or for a group or for an ecclesial movement, but rather for the Church and for the wor...

From a letter on the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy  Misericordiae Vultus Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy. [...]  We need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy. It is a wellspring of joy, serenity, and peace. Our salvation depends on it. Mercy: the word reveals the very mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Mercy: the ultimate and supreme act by which God comes to meet us. Mercy: the fundamental law that dwells in the heart of every person who looks sincerely into the eyes of his brothers and sisters on the path of life. Mercy: the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness. [...]  I have proclaimed an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy as a special time for the Church, a time when the witness of believers might grow stronger and more effective. The Holy Year will open on 8 December 2015, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. This liturgical feast day recalls God’s action from the...

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