Christ Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount
Modern Coptic icon, painted by
the nuns of Saint Demiana Monastery, Egypt
Blessed are the merciful for they will
receive mercy, (Matt 5:7). The merciful person is
he who gives to others what he has himself received from God, whether it be
money, or food, or strength, a helpful word, a prayer, or anything else that he
has through which he can express his compassion for those in need. At the
same time he considers himself a debtor, since he has received more than he is
asked to give. By Christ’s grace, both in the present and in the world to
come, before the whole of creation he is called merciful, just as God is called
merciful (cf Luke 6:36).
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