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Mercy Saints JesusThe following text called "Lord of Mercy" is a prayer of Saint Claude la Colombière (1641-1682), a French Jesuit priest and Superior of the Jesuits at Paray-le-Monial.
Prayer
Lord, I am here to exercise your wonderful mercy and to show it in the presence of heaven and earth. The others glorify you by showing the strength of your grace through their faithfulness and constancy: how gentle and liberal you are towards those who are faithful to you. I will glorify you by showing how good you are to sinners, and that your mercy is above all malice, that nothing is capable of exhausting it, that no fall, however shameful and criminal, should make a sinner despair of forgiveness.
I have offended You, O my loving Redeemer, but it would be even worse if I were to do You the horrible insult of thinking that You are not good enough to forgive me. It is in vain that your enemy and mine set new traps for me every day. He will make me lose everything rather than the hope I have in your mercy. When I have fallen a hundred times and my crimes are a hundred times more horrible than they are, I will still hope in you. So be it.
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Mercy comes from the Latin misereri which means to have mercy and cor (heart).
Mercy is the deep attitude of the being characterised by the loving disposition to forgive. Sensitivity to the misery and suffering of others and a fundamental benevolence towards one's neighbour. This is one of the attributes of God that explains his entire plan for the salvation of humanity.
God's goodness is infinite because it is one aspect of his mercy (Ps 86:5).
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Saints are divine creatures of different categories: Angels and Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim, Patriarchs and Matriarchs, Prophets and Martyrs, Apostles and Evangelists, Committed Laymen and Priests, Bishops and Popes, Heroes and Heroines of the faith, Virgins and Doctors of the Church, Beatified of the Lord...
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Jesus Christ is a central figure in Christianity. He is regarded as the incarnation of God.
The historical existence of Jesus is attested by archaeological research and by the accounts of Roman historians (Flavius Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius).
At about the age of thirty, Jesus left Nazareth and began an itinerant public life. He calls his disciples and walks with them through Judea and Galilee. He teaches, he heals the sick, casts out demons, walks on water, forgives sins, raises the dead. He is attentive to children. He shares meals, a wedding party, pilgrimages to Jerusalem. He lives as a Jewish believer, goes to the synagogue, observes the Sabbath. He weeps, gets angry, experiences sadness, fatigue and thirst, compassion and even anguish. Jesus is known for his natural authority.
With all the miracles he performed, Jesus is the one to whom prayers should be addressed no matter what difficulties one faces.
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