Scripture for Life: God's Trinitarian being is a mystery in the deepest sense of the word, a reality that fascinates us, draws us toward God, and is too deep for our thought and prayer to exhaust. ncr.media/3Qev0uw

Daily Affirmation: I feel great when I take care of myself. #dbqpbvms #dailyaffirmations

To understand hope and suffering on the US/Mexico border, the Sisters of Mercy held a weeklong immersion experience last month in El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, Mexico. #MercyForJustice #MercyForImmigrants

A dozen people took part, including sisters, Mercy Associates, teachers at Mercy-sponsored schools and universities, and others interested in being in solidarity with migrants. Here are some preliminary photos and videos of our encounters. #MercyForJustice #MercyForImmigrants

Beauty bestrides the border, including in El Paso (first photo) and Juárez (second photo), which are separated not only by the Rio Grande but also by chain-link fences and high walls. #MercyForJustice #MercyForImmigrants

This El Paso sculpture, "Bienvenido", represents “how welcoming the city is,” says a city official. Yet countless migrants have been turned away from El Paso during the pandemic due to #Title42, a federal policy that denies entry to migrants. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

A Border Patrol agent escorts a mother and children back to Juárez from the El Paso side of the Paso Del Norte International Bridge. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForjustice

El Paso County Detention Facility holds up to 1,000 people on nine floors—six for men, three for women. Eighty percent of people are held on immigration charges. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

Sister Bea Donnellan directs Casa Vides Annunciation House, a place where people who are poor, undocumented, and the homeless receive care and hospitality. “I thought I would retire at 80 but couldn’t once I saw the need here.” #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

Border immersion participants pose for a photo at Casa Vides by a mural that depicts people who lost their lives in El Salvador’s civil war and quotes Saint Óscar Romero: “If they kill me, I will rise again in the Salvadorean People.” #MercyForJustice #MercyForImmigrants

“Eat oppression-free food!” says Carlos Marentes, farm labor organizer and director of Sin Fronteras. Farmworkers receive 65 cents per bucket of chili peppers they pick on their knees; they need to fill 100 buckets a day to make minimum wage. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

Lorena Andrade, director of La Mujer Obrera (The Woman Worker), says her organization challenges perceptions “that women are an infinite source of cheap labor” on the US/Mexico border. #MercyForJustice #MercyForImmigrants

Wrapping her arms around the $15 billion border wall built by Trump, a woman in Anapra, Mexico, gazes into the United States. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

Sister Kathleen Erickson (in blue hat) and other members of the Sisters of Mercy border delegation in Sunland Park, NM, chat with people living in severe poverty in Anapra, Mexico. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

To understand migration’s root causes, Sister Kathleen has led numerous trips to Honduras and other Central American countries. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

A 27-year-old teacher from Honduras recently fell to her death from the El Paso section of the wall. Other desperate migrants survive falls, but must contend with broken legs, ankles, and other injuries. #MercyForImmigrants #MercyForJustice

God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged. (2 Corinthians 4:1-2)

Many Christ-centered mystics, like Francis, have experienced the profound presence of God in creation. To know Christ in human form is to know God in created reality; to see God in the Eucharist is to see God in creation. #DailyMeditations ow.ly/M7xm30slPiE

DACA turns 10 on Wed. Immigrants are tired of temporary! Now we need permanent protections for all. Can you add your name? Call on President Biden and Congress to lead and deliver permanent protections now. #DACA #HomeIsHere unitedwedream.org/actions/daca-t…

When anyone is joined to Christ, he is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)