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SHOW NO MERCY
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“NO ONE CAN BE EXCLUDED FROM GOD’S MERCY.”
- POPE FRANCIS
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Show No Mercy by Jason Pearson
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THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY FOR THE ALL THE CREATIVE SUPPORT & INSPIRATION
HELENA - ANNIKA - EMELIA - ZUZANA - ANDERSON - MELINDA - MOM - DAD
THANK YOU TO THE SPERANZA FOUNDATION
KATHY - JEREMY - LAUREN - JOEY
THANK YOU TO CHRIST CATHEDRAL
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ART SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO AGITATE, INSTIGATE, POKE, PROD AND CHALLENGE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS. THIS SERIES IS NOT AN ACCUSATION BUT A CONFESSION.
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I have developed a mental picture that helps
me see my own sin of injustice more clearly.
I imagine that I AM ON AN ISLAND WITH 10
PEOPLE AND God gives me a huge gift-wrapped
package filled with all the food and medicine,
I could possible ever need. Finally, I ask myself
whether God would expect me to hoard it
all for myself or to share it. I also try to
think how the other people on the island
would view me if I kept it all for myself. That
helps me sharpen the focus on what God
expects of us with regard to the poor, since
He has given so many of us more than we need.
— RICHARD STEARNS, PRESIDENT OF WORLD VISION
FROM THE BOOK THE HOLE IN OUR GOSPEL
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MERCY CAN BE DEFINED AS “THE DISPOSITION TO BE COMPASSIONATE”
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7 C O R P O R A L W O R K S O F M E R C Y
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f e e d t h e h u n g r y .
T o g i v e d r i n k t o t h e t h i r s t y .
T o c l o t h e t h e n a k e d .
T o h a r b o r t h e h a r b o r l e s s .
T o v i s i t t h e s i c k .
T o r a n s o m t h e c a p t i v e .
T o b u r y t h e d e a d .
7 S P I R I T U A L W O R K S O F M E R C Y
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T o i n s t r u c t t h e i g n o r a n t .
T o c o u n s e l t h e d o u b t f u l .
T o a d m o n i s h s i n n e r s .
T o b e a r w r o n g s p a t i e n t l y .
T o f o r g i v e o f f e n c e s w i l l i n g l y .
T o c o m f o r t t h e a f f l i c t e d .
T o p r a y f o r t h e l i v i n g a n d t h e d e a d
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The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is a Catholic period
of prayer held from the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception ON December 8, 2015 to the Feast of Christ
the King, November 20, 2016. it is a TIME for remission
of sins and pardon focusing particularly on God’s
forgiveness and mercy. It is an extraordinary Jubilee
because it had not been predetermined long before;
usually ordinary jubilees take place every 25 years. The
2016 Jubilee was first announced by Pope Francis on
March 13, 2015. it was stressed that the Pontiff wishes
the Jubilee to be celebrated not only in Rome but all
around the world.
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AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF MERCY HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT?
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REFLECTIONS ON THE YEAR OF MERCYAM I LIVING A LIFE OF MERCY?
DID I FEED THE HUNGRY?
DID I GIVE DRINK TO THE THIRST?
DID I CLOTHE THE NAKED?
DID I VISIT THE SICK?
DID I RANSOM THE CAPTIVE?
DID I BURY THE DEAD?
DID I INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT?
DID I COUNSEL THE DOUBTFUL?
DID I ADMONISH THE SINNER?
DID I BEAR WRONGS PATIENTLY?
DID I FORGIVE THE OFFENCES WILLINGLY?
DID I COMFORT THE AFFLICTED?
DID PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD?
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These are not just pretty pictures. These
are not colorful portraits. Jason Pearson is
a California artist who has something to say.
Pearson has created art for many nota-
bles including David Bowie, Trent Reznor,
Mel Gibson, Gil Scott-Heron and Aphex
Twin. In the fashion industry, his design
has involved work with Cosmopolitan
magazine, Levi Strauss, Tommy Hilfiger,
and Calvin Klein.
Pearson is the co-founder of Blend-
er Magazine which was acquired by
Felix Dennis and Maxim magazine.
Jason has received numerous artistic
awards and his work has been published
in more than 30 books. New York Maga-
zine recognized Pearson as one of their
“digital visionaries.” He was also named to
the Samsung Brain Trust.
Pearson’s work is in private collections
in: Chicago, San Francisco, Dubai, Paris,
New York, and Qatar. It is also featured
in the permanent collections of the Smith-
sonian and Victoria + Albert Museum.
Pearson works actively with strategic
NGOs on human rights and poverty
issues—providing poignant inspiration
for his work.
JASONPEARSON.COM
My greatest fear is that when my kids
are adults they will say to me ... Dad
you knew that these needs existed, you
had the internet, you SHOWED NO MERCY.
you sat in your comfortable chair, driving
your luxury car, eating your gourmet
food, going on expensive vacations like
you were the only thing that existed.
W h a t w i l l m y a n s w e r b e ?
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EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY - PAINTING SERIES
TEXT EXCERPTS FROM POPE FRANCIS’S BULL OF INDICTION
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Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s
life. All of her pastoral activity should be
caught up in the tenderness she makes present
to believers; nothing in her preaching and in
her witness to the world can be lacking in
mercy. The Church’s very credibility is seen in
how she shows merciful and compassionate
love. The Church “has an endless desire to
show mercy”. Perhaps we have long since
forgotten how to show and live the way of
mercy. The temptation, on the one hand, to
focus exclusively on justice made us forget
that this is only the first, albeit necessary
and indispensable step.
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L F O U N D A T I O N
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At the foot of the Cross, Mary, together with
John, the disciple of love, witnessed the words
of forgiveness spoken by Jesus. This supreme
expression of mercy towards those who
crucified him show us the point to which the
mercy of God can reach. Mary attests that the
mercy of the Son of God knows no bounds
and extends to everyone, without exception.
Let us address her in the words of the Salve
Regina, a prayer ever ancient and ever new,
so that she may never tire of turning her
merciful eyes upon us, and make us worthy to
contemplate the face of mercy, her Son Jesus.
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L H O L Y Q U E E N
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With our eyes fixed on Jesus and his merciful
gaze, we experience the love of the Most Holy
Trinity. The mission Jesus received from the
Father was that of revealing the mystery of
divine love in its fullness. “God is love” (1 Jn
4:8,16), John affirms for the first and only time
in all of Holy Scripture. This love has now
been made visible and tangible in Jesus’ entire
life. His person is nothing but love, a love
given gratuitously. The relationships he forms
with the people who approach him manifest
something entirely unique and unrepeatable.
The signs he works, especially in favour of
sinners, the poor, the marginalized, the sick,
and the suffering, are all meant to teach
mercy. Everything in him speaks of mercy.
Nothing in him is devoid of compassion.
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L G A Z E
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The Church is commissioned to announce
the mercy of God, the beating heart of the
Gospel, which in its own way must penetrate
the heart and mind of every person. The Spouse
of Christ must pattern her behaviour after
the Son of God who went out to everyone
without exception. In the present day, as the
Church is charged with the task of the new
evangelization, the theme of mercy needs to be
proposed again and again with new enthusiasm
and renewed pastoral action. It is absolutely
essential for the Church and for the credibility
of her message that she herself live and testify
to mercy. Her language and her gestures must
transmit mercy, so as to touch the hearts of
all people and inspire them once more to find
the road that leads to the Father.
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L T R A N S M I S S I O N
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In this Holy Year, we look forward to the
experience of opening our hearts to those
living on the outermost fringes of society:
fringes which modern society itself creates.
How many uncertain and painful situations
there are in the world today! How many are
the wounds borne by the flesh of those who
have no voice because their cry is muffled
and drowned out by the indifference of the
rich! During this Jubilee, the Church will be
called even more to heal these wounds, to
assuage them with the oil of consolation,
to bind them with mercy and cure them
with solidarity and vigilant care. Let us
not fall into humiliating indifference or a
monotonous routine that prevents us from
discovering what is new! Let us ward off
destructive cynicism!
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L V O I C E
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“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because
the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings
to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and freedom to those in captivity;
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour” (Is
61:1-2). A “year of the Lord’s favour” or “mercy”:
this is what the Lord proclaimed and this is
what we wish to live now. This Holy Year will
bring to the fore the richness of Jesus’ mission
echoed in the words of the prophet: to bring
a word and gesture of consolation to the
poor, to proclaim liberty to those bound by
new forms of slavery in modern society, to
restore sight to those who can see no more
because they are caught up in themselves, to
restore dignity to all those from whom it
has been robbed.
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L D I G N I T Y
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Let us open our eyes and see the misery of
the world, the wounds of our brothers and
sisters who are denied their dignity, and
let us recognize that we are compelled to
heed their cry for help! May we reach out
to them and support them so they can feel
the warmth of our presence, our friendship,
and our fraternity! May their cry become our
own, and together may we break down the
barriers of indifference that too often reign
supreme and mask our hypocrisy and egoism!
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L I N D I F F E R E N C E
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Another psalm, in an even more explicit way,
attests to the concrete signs of his mercy:
“He executes justice for the oppressed; he
gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the
prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the
blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed
down; the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord
watches over the sojourners, he upholds
the widow and the fatherless; but the way
of the wicked he brings to ruin” (Ps 146:7-9)
B U L L O F I N D I C T I O N O F T H E E X T R A O R D I N A R Y J U B I L E E O F M E R C Y
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M E R C I F U L J U S T I C E
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OTHER WORK BY JASON PEARSON
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T H E P R O B L E M W I T H T H E W O R L D I S M E - S E R I E S
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G U N S H O W - S E R I E S
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U N S E E N - S E R I E S
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M A S H - U P - S E R I E S
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After The Fall - HIV Grows Up: Meet the cou-
rageous survivors of the pediatric AIDS epi-
demic that swept Romania and shocked
the world. This is a story that challenges
the true meaning of bravery, mercy and
perseverance, inspiring an audience to rise
against any odds and fight for fullness of
life and dignity no matter the cost. Learn
more & watch the trailer: AfterTheFallFilm.com
after the fall - hiv grows up
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A F T E R T H E FA L L F I L M . C O M
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Creator / Executive Producer Kathleen Treat’s story.
In 1997, World Vision approached me with a request for fund-ing. Several projects were proposed, but only one stuck out to me. It was a proposal to support a kid’s club in Romania for children who were infected with HIV in the hospitals and insti-tutions in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. The program, started by Venera Batescu, was aimed at providing a safe place for the kids to socialize. They would do crafts together and have outings to the Black Sea or the mountains.
I had been interested and involved in the HIV pandemic for many years already. It was clear to me from the first men-tion that I would be supporting this project. We assumed, in those early days, that the kid’s camp would have a definitive timeline. The children were not expected to live more than 10 years. This was a program that increased the quality of life for these kids while they were still here. There were no long-term goals, no projected outcomes, no strategic initiatives.
I remember visiting Romania for the first time in the fall of 1999. I met Venera at the World Vision office. I met Dr. Matusa in the hospital. The AIDS ward was packed. Dr. Matusa super-vised the children, had school lessons, and fed them all. It was not a hospital—it was a home for these kids. I vividly remem-ber one boy on the brink of death. He was lying on a bench in the schoolroom so that he could be close to his friends. He did not want to die alone in his room.
We visited families and went on field trips with several of the kids. In those days, the parents did not tell the children they were ill. In most families, only one child was infected. It would be the one child that was born into the window of time when contaminated blood was given in hospitals, or had the bad luck of getting a cold during that time, that contracted the disease. We were not allowed to speak of it. The families did not want any of the children to know. It seemed, at that time, to be less about stigma from the outside, and more about let-ting the child have a stress free life in his short time on earth.
I returned in the fall of 2006. In those intervening years, ARV drugs became widely available in Romania. Though many children died, many more were living.
There were several things during the visit that made a great impact on me and led directly to the making of the documentary. The first: the children were now young adults.
The second: not only did they finally KNOW about their disease—they were becoming advocates and activists. They were going on radio shows, passing out safe-sex information on the beaches, speaking with government officials.
I left that trip with one image— a megaphone. I wanted to be a megaphone so that a larger audience could hear this message—the one that they, themselves, were tell-ing—, perhaps even the world. This is where the idea of a documentary first came to be.
It took two years after those first thoughts for the film-ing trip. There were so many issues to deal with—confi-dentiality being chief among them. But filming did hap-pen, and other trips followed before completion of the documentary.
I continue to support these youth in Romania, though the kid’s club has grown and evolved to include schol-arships, vocational training, and other assistance. We could never have imagined, back in 1997, just how stra-tegic the kids club program would be. Through the he-roic dedication of Venera, Dr. Matusa, and the countless other people that give their time and energy to these young adults, a generation is alive and paving the way for other HIV infected youth to be able to dream of full, productive lives.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Treat, Creator/Executive Producer
ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY: AFTER THE FALL - HIV GROWS UP
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THIS ART SHOW MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE SPERANZA FOUNDATION
The Speranza Foundation gives grants to meet the practical needs of artists
and initiatives that are restoring and inspiring humanity.
We are an ally for people working to make a difference in their field. Through
straightforward and relational grantmaking, we support the practical needs
of outstanding individuals and organizations.
For us, grantmaking is energizing when it’s about more than a financial trans-
action. We’re invested in relationships with our grantees. We stand with them
to support their causes, initiatives and creations - we facilitate meaningful
connections - we think outside the box to bring like-minded people together so
that humanity can be restored and inspired.
Founded in 2008, the Speranza Foundation continues the work and philosophy
of it’s founder Kathy Treat who has given over $6 Million in philanthropic
contributions.
SPERANZAFOUNDATION.COM
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These are not just pretty pictures. These are not colorful portraits. Jason Pearson is a California artist who has something to say.
Pearson has created art for many notables including David Bowie, Trent Reznor, Mel Gibson, Gil Scott-Heron and Aphex Twin. In the fashion industry, his design has involved work with Cosmo magazine, Levi Strauss, Tommy Hilfiger, & Calvin Klein.
Pearson is the co-founder of Blender Magazine which was acquired by Dennis Publish-ing. Jason has received numerous artistic awards and his work has been published in more than 30 books. New York Magazine recognized Pearson as one of their “digital visionaries.” He was also named to the Samsung Brain Trust.
Collectors from Paris, Dubai, New York and Hollywood have purchased Pearson’s work. It is also featured in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian and Vic-toria + Albert Museum.
Pearson works actively with strategic NGOs on human rights and poverty issues—providing poignant inspiration for his work.
JasonPearson.com | [email protected]
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