The poor are less likely to get married and more likely to get divorced than those in upper incomes . . . . Tell them how much you like Francis and his stress on compassion and mercy.—Thomas Reese  God sends his own message.  “Lord, you are merciful and gracious” (Psalm 86:15).  “And should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city, who cannot distinguish their right hand from their left” (Jonah 4:11).  “And forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us” Luke 11:4).  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 463, Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time I.