Garbage

How few are the souls that understand this. And so they keep in their soul a putrid pile of garbage, which, if it were given to Jesus, could be transformed into Mercy! Which is fire!

Sins

He, of Himself, has only one quality in our regard: Mercy. We can unite our soul to Him only by offering Him as a gift, as our only gift, not our virtues, but our sins! Chiara's Lubich

What good

"What good would it do for Him to be infinitely merciful? If it were not for our sins?" Chiara Lubich

Share

"God's mercy lies in his availability to share our affliction empathetically; it is a readiness that wells up from the depths of his nature and which characterizes his entire way of being and acting" Karl Barth

Weigh

"Here my child, this is the commandment I give you: that mercy shall always weigh heavily on your scales until the time when you yourself feel the Mercy which God feels towards the world" Isidore the Syrian

Immeasurable

"Yes, our God's mercy is immense! Even if all the sins that exist were found in all of you, and all the crimes that will be committed, the Lord's mercy would cancel all this out; and if it is to Him you turn, the immeasurable tenderness of his mercy would elicit His forgiveness for you." St Bonaventure

Good thief

"The good thief is the obvious proof that God's Mercy opens up access to salvation for everyone ... This is an unrivaled wonder of divine mercy! It is mercy that does everything" St John Chrysostom

Prodigal

"God is a loving Father, who welcomes the prodigal son, who reaches out to him, who understand his sorrow, who embraces him ... and he does not reprove him for all he has done." St Maximus

Practise

The Lord has urged us on many occasions, both in the Old Testament and in the New, so that we might practise mercy. St Cromatian

Night

"Not even at night should you cease your merciful duties" St Gregory Nazianzen

Forgive

"Do you want revenge? Look at Him hanging on the cross and listen to what He says: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" St Augustine

Need

"May all your hope be in God: be in need of him so that you may be filled by Him" St Augustine