God, have mercy on me! God of Love, God of Grace, God of Mercy, have mercy on me for the things I have done and for what I have left undone. Have mercy on me. I pray for God’s mercy in the morning, in ...
“Grace, mercy, and peace to you” is a greeting that appears a number of times in the New Testament. The selection of these words may seem random at first. Upon closer examination one may see that they ...
The Year of Mercy comes to an end just as Americans are setting our tables for our traditional harvest feast. Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, but the coincidence is pleasant. It sets a nice bookend ...
If your experience has been similar to mine, you may recall that when you were incorporated into the life of Christ and the life of the church through the sacraments of initiation, you were called a ...
Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face ...
In Ephesians 2:4-7, the Apostle Paul described in wonderful detail the richness of the mercy of God. In all of Scripture, this transition from verse 3 to verse 4 is astounding. In verses 1-3, man is ...
“My grace is sufficient for thee” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Though these words were spoken to a stalwart servant who endured the blows of Satan, they are still meant for all who believe God is able. The ...
Jesus commands us to take on the merciful heart of God: “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). The Bible describes our God as “merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding ...