Thursday, October 2, 2014

The spirit of mercy and compassion


When we go to visit poor persons, we have to sympathize with them in order to suffer with them, and put ourselves in the dispositions of that great Apostle, who said, Omnibus omnia factus sum; I have made myself all to all... and ask God to give us the true spirit of mercy, which is the characteristic spirit of God. (6 August 1656; SV XI, 308)

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