Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and ...

Most loving Jesus, when I consider your tender heart and see It full of mercy and tenderness toward sinners, my own heart is filled with joy and confidence that I shall be so kindly welcomed by ...

Felicia D. Hemans 264 Jesus Heals Two Blind Men . . . The New Testament 266 To the Cuckoo . . . William Wordsworth 268 The Truth-Speaker . . . Miss Crompton 270 Child of Nazareth . . . Rev. John B.