--- title: "Cath-Lit Live: Simple Mercies" description: Amy Cattapan interviews Catholic Mom contributor Lara Patangan about her new book that focuses on ways to live the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/cath-lit-live-series-1024x512.jpg --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/cath-lit-live-simple-mercies#) [BOOKS](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/tag/books) # Cath-Lit Live: Simple Mercies Jun 30, 2021 10:00:00 AM  |  by [Amy J. Cattapan](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/amy-j-cattapan) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/cath-lit-live-series-1024x512.jpg) *Amy Cattapan interviews Catholic Mom contributor Lara Patangan about her new book that focuses on ways to live the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.* "Cath-Lit Live!" features brief interviews with Catholic authors who are releasing new books. Hosted by Catholic author and speaker Amy J. Cattapan, "Cath-Lit Live!" gives viewers a glimpse into the latest Catholic books while getting to know a bit about the author as well.  ![20210518 LPatangan Simple Mercies](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20210518%20LPatangan%20Simple%20Mercies.jpg?width=1650&name=20210518%20LPatangan%20Simple%20Mercies.jpg)   ### *Simple Mercies: How the Works of Mercy Bring Peace and Fulfillment*  by Lara Patangan > Written with humor and insight, *Simple Mercies* is for anyone who has every questioned their contribution to the world or struggled with finding God’s purpose for them. Every day in countless ways, the world communicates that we need to do more to measure up or even just keep up. Too many of us feel like we don’t make a difference or that our service is too mundane to matter. Simple Mercies encourages readers to realize that their acts of kindness make a difference in exponential ways and can surprisingly be a source of peace in their own lives. ([Our Sunday Visitor](https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/simple-mercies-how-the-works-of-mercy-bring-peace-and-fulfillment))   ![Lara Patangan ](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20210630%20AJC%20Lara%20Patangan%20Catholic%20Mom.jpg?width=1908&name=20210630%20AJC%20Lara%20Patangan%20Catholic%20Mom.jpg)   Lara Patangan is a freelance writer and inspirational speaker. A wife and mother of two boys, Patangan spent a year doing works of mercy. She writes about the life-changing power of mercy at comin a way that is humorous, relatable, and rife with humility. Her book, [***Simple Mercies: How the Works of Mercy Bring Peace and Fulfillment,***](https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/simple-mercies-how-the-works-of-mercy-bring-peace-and-fulfillment) is available for purchase wherever books are sold.     You can catch "Cath-Lit Live" three times a month live on [A.J. Cattapan's author Facebook page](http://facebook.com/acattapan). Recorded versions of the show will also be available to watch later on her [YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/channel/UChkoVmgc9VPFb5EynPkv1Yw) and [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/ajcattapan). --- Copyright 2021 Amy J. 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