Quotes About Mercy

I sinned daily, and Jesus still loves me. It's all washed, and if the Lord doesn't judge me and it's all forgiven, then no other man, woman, animal - anything, I don't know - can judge me!

Thou mayest reach Heaven only by the mercy of the fallen.

Oh, you humans may prefer empathy and mercy, but that's like intuiting the answer to an equation: you still have to go back and work the problem to be certain you were right. We can come to genuinely moral conclusions by our own paths.

It is not human to be wise," said Blood. "It is much more human to err, though perhaps exceptional to err on the side of mercy.

And into its bland merciless face what did he have to show as his proof that he deserved to live? - Nothing but that he was afraid to die.

Speak to souls about this great mercy while it is still the time for granting mercy. If you keep silent now you will be answerable for a great number of souls on that terrible day.

The message of Divine Mercy is that no sinner should be afraid to approach the Lord who is infinitely merciful and eager to forgive sin. But mercy cannot be applied to souls unless they acknowledge that they need mercy and respond to the offer of mercy with humility, repentance and faith.

There are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his mercy by repenting, rejects the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation offered by the Holy Spirit.

Such painful awareness of one's sin easily tempts one to despair, discouragement, and deep "depression"; thinking reform is hopeless, one may "surrender irrevocably to the world." Bernard calls this despair the greatest evil of all, and insists that God's mercy is always available whenever a sinner turns to Him.

Hatred for sin is important. Confidence in the mercy of God is even more important.

Souls perish in spite of My bitter Passion. I am giving them the last hope of salvation; that is the Feast of My Mercy. If they will not adore My mercy, they will perish for all eternity. Secretary of My mercy, write, tell souls about this great mercy of mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near.

There are others who have passed through life and arrive at the end point of death with only a commonplace love, and were never very perfect. These embrace my mercy with the same light of faith and hope as those who were perfect. But these have this light imperfectly, and because they are imperfect they reach out for mercy, considering my mercy greater than their own guilt.

Now is the time when mercy is being extended to the world, but this time will come to an end and the Lord will return in glory to judge the living and the dead. Whether or not we are alive at the Lord's return, we need to be ready to meet Him at any moment. No one knows the day or the hour, not only of the Lord's return, but of the length of our own lives.

He will judge people on the basis of their response — or lack of response — to mercy. Those who presume on the mercy of God without repenting are "storing up wrath" for themselves

To be merciful to [indwelling] sin is to be cruel to yourself.

Please, you will do it anyway. When you hear to do a merciful thing, that is always at least a whisper from the heart of HaShem. Obedience will strengthen the ears of your spirit.

We do not need more frightening punishments and more withering scoldings. We need the all-sufficiency of Jesus applied in rich measure to our deepest points of personal need.

There are actually real, flesh-and-blood people who have been harmed by powerful evildoers in the church. Who will show mercy to them? Who will show them the compassion they so desperately need? Will it be the Christians who are so busy "not judging" the ones who have committed egregious harm?

Repeatedly and consistently, the Bible calls us to stand with the weak and oppressed, to speak out for those who for one reason or another can't speak for themselves. God is a God of justice and mercy, and He calls us to walk in justice and mercy with Him, to have His heart, His compassion and empathy.

I don't think everyone should get a second chance.

I believe in second chances in life.

I'm all about second chances.

I'm a strong believer in second chances.

People make mistakes and poor decisions in life and sometimes deserve second chances.