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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION
"...Keeping the same rule of life, believers share the "blessed hope" of those whom the divine mercy gathers into the "holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."[71]"
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE
"...of God and of Christ, and the gift of eternal life. It is the most excellent work of God's mercy."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
"...and made us members of the Body of Christ. In her motherly care, the Church grants us the mercy of God which prevails over all our sins and is especially at work in the sacrament of reconciliation. With a mother's foresight, she also lavishes on us day after day in her..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
"...to God's goodness, to his justice - for the Lord is faithful to his promises - and to his mercy."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
"...to save himself without help from on high), or he presumes upon God's almighty power or his mercy (hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit)."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
"...coupled with love of neighbor.[18] Jesus recalls the words of the prophet Hosea: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice."[19] The only perfect sacrifice is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total offering to the Father's love and for our salvation.[20] By uniting..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
"...the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body.[123] Family needs or important social service can legitimately excuse from the obligation of Sunday rest. the faithful should see..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF › THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
"...provided by Canon Law.[78]
The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy.
Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF › THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
"...torture. Regrettable as these facts are, the Church always taught the duty of clemency and mercy. She forbade clerics to shed blood. In recent times it has become evident that these cruel practices were neither necessary for public order, nor in conformity with the legitimate..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF › THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT
"...in faith and hope of the Resurrection. the burial of the dead is a corporal work of mercy;[91] it honors the children of God, who are temples of the Holy Spirit."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF › THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
"...of those in want, we give them what is theirs, not ours. More than performing works of mercy, we are paying a debt of justice.[240]"
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER › IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
"After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.[33] The sacrifice on Mount Carmel is a decisive test for..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER › IN THE AGE OF THE CHURCH
"...- asking on behalf of another has been characteristic of a heart attuned to God's mercy. In the age of the Church, Christian intercession participates in Christ's, as an expression of the communion of saints. In intercession, he who prays looks "not only to his own..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE TRADITION OF PRAYER › THE WAY OF PRAYER
"...us, we acknowledge ourselves to be poor sinners and we address ourselves to the "Mother of Mercy," the All-Holy One. We give ourselves over to her now, in the Today of our lives. and our trust broadens further, already at the present moment, to surrender "the hour of our..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
"...particularly by the invocation of his holy name: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners.""
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE GOSPEL
"...the Lord's Prayer, it is always the people made up of the "new-born" who pray and obtain mercy.[21]"
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SEVEN PETITIONS
"...before him.[133] Our petition begins with a "confession" of our wretchedness and his mercy. Our hope is firm because, in his Son, "we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."[134] We find the efficacious and undoubted sign of his forgiveness in the sacraments of his..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SEVEN PETITIONS
"Now - and this is daunting - this outpouring of mercy cannot penetrate our hearts as long as we have not forgiven those who have trespassed against us. Love, like the Body of Christ, is indivisible; we cannot love the God we cannot see if we do not love the brother or sister we..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SEVEN PETITIONS
"...to be a vital participation, coming from the depths of the heart, in the holiness and the mercy and the love of our God. Only the Spirit by whom we live can make "ours" the same mind that was in Christ Jesus.[140] Then the unity of forgiveness becomes possible and we find..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › THE LORD'S PRAYER › THE SEVEN PETITIONS
"...Lord, we beseech you, from every evil and grant us peace in our day, so that aided by your mercy we might be ever free from sin and protected from all anxiety, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.[175]"