Unknown

For in all cases where a person's animus towards one is indeterminate and unknown, I think it better to suppose the existence of the kindler motive, than to find fault with an undiscovered one. St Augustine

Hope

I have placed all my hope in the immense greatness of you mercy. St Augustine

Alone

"O you who are good and omnipotent. You care for each one of us, as if you cared for that person alone; and so for all, as if they were but one!" St Augustine

Source

In my error I remembered you, Lord; i heard your voice behind me calling me to go back to the source; to drink from it and live. St Augustine

Truth

Truth is sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter. When it is sweet, it forgives; when it is bitter, it heals. St Augustine

Humble God

For here is great wretchedness, a proud man! But there is greater mercy, a humble God! St Austine

Perseverance

But God crowns in us the gifts of his own mercy; but on condition that we walk with perseverance in that grace which in the first instance we received. St Austine

Grace

To thy grace I ascribe it, and to thy mercy,that thou hast melted away my sins as it were ice. To thy grace I ascribe also whatsoever I have not done of evil. St Augustine

Present generation

Let us implore God's mercy for the present generation. John Paul II

Forgiveness

Society can become"ever more human"only when we introduce into all the mutual relationships which form its moral aspect the moment of forgiveness, which is so much of the essence of the Gospel. John Paul II

River

Divine mercy is powerful 'like an overflowing river that carries all souls along with it.' Cure of Ars

Redirects

Divine mercy consists not only in the remission of our sins; it also consists in the fact that God, Our Father, redirects us, sometimes not without pain, affliction or fear on our part, to the path of truth and light, for he does not wish us to be lost. Benedict XVI

Confession

Perhaps the times we have made a sincere confession are among the sweetest, most consoling and most decisive moments in our life. Paul VI

Prodigal

Mercy in itself, as a perfection of the infinite a God, is also infinite. Also infinite therefore and inexhaustible is the Father's readiness to receive the prodigal children who return to his home. No human sin can prevail over this power or even limit it. John Paul II.

Restores

Mercy is manifested in its true and and proper aspect when it restores to value, promotes and draws good from all the forms of evil existing in the world and in man. John Paul II

Isn't it love which guides our life? We can think that our every sin or flight from God enkindles in Him an even more intense love, a desire to have us back and include us once again in his plan of salvation. Paul VI

Second name

And is not mercy love's "second name"? John Paul II

Genuine

From divine mercy, which brings peace to hearts, genuine peace flows into the world, peace between different peoples, cultures and religions. Benedict XVI

HAPPINESS

He whom we ourselves have pierced with our faults and does not cease to shed over the world an inexhaustible torrent of merciful love. May humanity understand that only from this source is it possible to draw the spiritual energy indispensable to build that peace and happiness for which every human being is ceaseless searching. Benedict XVI

FORCEFULLY

The message of mercifull love needs to resound forcefully anew. The world needs this love. Pope John Paul II

PEACE

This fire of mercy needs to be passed on to the world. In the mercy of God the world will find peace and humankind will find happiness. John Paul II

ENTRUST

I wish solemnly to entrust the world to Devine Mercy. I do so with the burning desire that the message of God's merciful love may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope. John Paul II

MEDICINE

Nowadays, however, the Spouse of Christ prefers to make use of the medicine of mercy rather than that of severity. Pope John XXIII

bewilderment

Apart from the mercy of God there is no other source of hope for mankind. This proclamation (...) is especially needed in our time, when humankind is experiencing bewilderment in the face of many manifestations of evil. John Paul II

UNITING

The contemporary Church is profoundly conscious that only on the basis of the mercy of  God will she be able to carry out the tasks that derive from the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, and, in the first place, the ecumenical task which aims at uniting all those who confess Christ. John Paul II

HOPE

The most beautiful name and title of God is mercy. This should inspire great hope in the midst of tears.  John XXIII

Wretchedness

Our wretchedness is the thrown of divine mercy. Pope John XXIII

reawakens

Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life an instils in us the courage to look to the future with hope. Pope Francis

sterile

Without a witness to mercy, life becomes fruitless and sterile, as if sequestered in a barren desert.
Pope Francis

foundation

Mercy is the very foundation and f the church's life Pope Francis

each other

Just as he is merciful, so are we called to be erciful to each other. Pope Francis