“Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every nation chosen to be a nation - none of these lands is yours, all of you are thieves of holiness, all of you at war with Mercy.” WarReligionNationsChurchLandMercyIsraelChosenHolinessThievesRevolt Book:Book of Mercy Source: Book of Mercy
“Friends given by God in mercy and in love; My counsellors, my comforters, and guides; My joy in grief, my second bliss in joy; Companions of my young desires; in doubt My oracles; my wings in high pursuit. Oh! I remember, and will ne'er forget Our meeting spots, our chosen sacred hours; Our burning words, that utter'd all the soul, Our faces beaming with unearthly love;-- Sorrow with sorrow sighing, hope with hope Exulting, heart embracing heart entire.” HeartSoulRememberFacesYoungJoyDesireGivenHoursForgetGriefDoubtFriendsSorrowMercySacredWingsMeetingsGuidesPursuitChosenSpotsBurningBlissCompanionOraclesComforterCounsellorsSorrow Love Author:Robert Pollok
“To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy, we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.” MenGivingChristianMotherLordGraceHolyPureAngelMercyPraiseWorthyChosenStreamsCrystalsHymnsImmaculateHoly Mary Author:Mary Faustina Kowalska
“As we learn in [the] scriptures, the fundamental purposes for the gift of agency were to love one another and to choose God. Thus we become God's chosen and invite His tender mercies as we use our agency to choose God.” UsePurposeMercyFundamentalsScriptureChosenAgencyInvitesLove One AnotherTender Mercies Author:David A. Bednar
“The Jews believed they were the nation God had chosen among all the nations. And they were. But that did not give them immunity to God's judgment. Like the nations, they too would feel God's wrath if they refused to live in God's ways. Furthermore, God could deal with other nations in mercy as well as judgment. Jeremiah was full of surprises, as against the popular religious assumptions of his day. That's perhaps why some people, when they encountered Jesus, thought he was very like Jeremiah. He turned things upside down.” PeopleGivingJesusReligiousJudgmentMercySurpriseJewChosenAssumptionUpside Down Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“I went away and cried to the Master of the Universe, "What have you done to me? A mind like this I need for a son? A heart I need for a son, a soul I need for a son, compassion I want from my son, righteousness, mercy, strength to suffer and carry pain, that I want from my son, not a mind without a soul!"” WantNeedsMindHeartSoulDonePainSufferingUniverseCompassionSonMastersMercyChosenMy SonRighteousnessCried Author:Chaim Potok
“Grace is more than mercy and love. It super-adds to them. It denotes, not simply love, but the love of a sovereign, transcendent Superior. One that may do what He will. That may wholly choose whether He will love or no. Now God, who is an infinite Sovereign, who might have chosen whether ever He would love us or no; for Him to love us, this is Grace.” MayMightGraceMercyAnd LoveInfiniteAddChosenSuperiorsSovereignTranscendentSimply Love Author:Thomas Goodwin
“H. L. Mencken famously said that 'every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.' By now, however, I am no longer ashamed, because I do not identify with the government under which I live. Rather, I view it as a criminal organization that without provocation has chosen to make war on my just rights-not only mine, of course, but everyone's. Although this vile enterprise is my problem, because it robs and bullies me relentlessly and without mercy, it is not my responsibility: the nail is not the hammer.” MenSaidWarProblemGovernmentCoursesViewsResponsibilityRightsMinesMercyOrganizationCriminalsChosenDecentEnterpriseAshamedNailsBullyHammersProvocationDecent Man Book:Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government Source: Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government
“I hymn and bless Your uncountable compassion and philanthropy, as You desired to number me with Your chosen servants. Look down, now, upon me the lowly one, O God and Master, Lord of mercy, Ruler of all and All-powerful One, hearken to my prayer, and fulfill my entreaties in praise.” LooksPrayerPowerfulNumbersCompassionLordHumilityMastersMercyPraiseChosenServantBlessRulersPhilanthropyHymns Author:Marina of Aguas Santas