Quotes About Mercy

The hermit said, 'This is the way to be strong: when temptations start to speak in your mind do not answer them but get up, pray, do penance, and say "Son of God, have mercy upon me."

You'll call me a damned Jew, a Christ murderer, a secret worshipper of pigs and a kidnapper of christian children." This was all said cheerfully. "How absurd! Who would want to kidnap children, Christian or otherwise? Vile things. The only mercy of children is that they grow up, as my son has but then, tragically, they beget more children. We do not learn life's lessons.

God offers his protection to sinners," Ceolnoth said unctuously. "Especially to sinners," Ceolberht said. "I'll remember that," I said, "when I've finished sinning.

If God is within us then we need no Church and no Holy Father to lead us to His mercy, and that notion is the most pernicious of heresies

They shouted for mercy, but we showed none because we were still under the thrall of Æthelflæd's savage wish.

when the lust dies then mercy takes its place

I killed that ship's crew to save myself having to kill hundreds of other Danes." "The Lord Jesus would have wanted you to show mercy," she said, her eyes wide. She is an idiot.

Sometimes, if pious men are to be believed, God's mercies are curiously selective.

Lord, You have extended such grace to me. You have forgiven my wickedness and remembered my sins no more. (Heb. 8:12) Help me to demonstrate my gratitude by forgiving others!

God's mercy does not make sin tolerable; it makes sin forgivable. The proud and the depraved alike must kneel at the same feet for mercy. For those willing, God turns sin's empty cistern into a deep wellspring overflowing with love.

God is far too faithful to allow the prodigal life to be cost-free.

Oh, God, give us a longing—not for the sin of this world to be judged—but for the sinners of this world to be forgiven.

How happy those whose lawless acts are forgiven! … How happy the man whom the Lord will never charge with sin! Romans 4:7–8

Be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8–9

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone in debt to us. And do not bring us into temptation. Luke 11:4

He adds: "I will never again remember their sins and their lawless acts." Hebrews 10:17

Do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. Psalm 74:19–20

No condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners'—and I am the worst of them" (1 Tim. 1:15).

Never in all of Scripture does Christ resist the repentant sinner. He resisted the proud and the self-righteous religious, but never the humble and repentant.

From eternity to eternity the Lord's faithful love is toward those who fear Him. Psalm 103:17

As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple. Jonah 2:7

If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. 1 John 3:20

In Psalm 51:1, King David cried out, "Have mercy on me, O God, / according to your unfailing love." Please receive this truth: God cannot be unbiased toward you. He cannot set His love for you aside and make an objective decision. Once you become God's covenant child, He cannot see you through anything less than a loving Father's eyes.