Monday, May 28, 2012

Daily Meditation: Jesus Is Merciful

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Monday May 28, 2012 

 

Jesus Is Merciful 


Jesus, the Blessed Child of God, is merciful.  Showing mercy is different from  having pity.  Pity connotes distance, even looking down upon.  When a beggar asks for money and you give him something out of pity, you are not showing mercy.   Mercy comes from a compassionate heart; it comes from a desire to be an equal.  Jesus didn't want to look down on us.  He wanted to become one of us and feel deeply with us. 

When Jesus called the only son of the widow of Nain to life, he did so because he felt the deep sorrow of the grieving mother in his own heart (see Luke 7:11-17).   Let us look at Jesus when we want to know how to show mercy to our brothers and sisters.

- Henri J. M. Nouwen  
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.
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