May it be a catalyst that moves us toward more acts
of justice and mercy in our communities and in our culture.
If anything matters, everything matters and the work today, the love we give and receive and lavish on the seemingly small tasks and choices of our every day all tip the scales of
justice and mercy in our world.
There are more of us that love God and love people, that leave the scent of grace wherever we walk, that forgive and serve without fanfare or book deals, that work
for justice and mercy than I could have ever dreamed.
The Pope's prophetic, even otherworldly positions on ecumenism, capital punishment, third «world debt relief, and a host of other issues of contemporary politics seem to be grounded in this insistence that our notions of justice be derived from the
perfect justice and mercy of God.
Denouncing them as blind guides, fools, hypocrites and a brood of vipers, he uttered harsh public words condemning them for their many errors, including their preoccupation with tithing on small matters and their neglect of more important things such
as justice and mercy (Matt.
When the Pentateuch is understood in its entirety, it appears that the message of the Pentateuch is that God was never angry at people and never wanted sacrifices and offerings, but wanted instead a people for Himself who lived by faith in God and
with justice and mercy before a watching world.
CGLA's mission «To answer God's call to
seek justice and mercy for those living in poverty by providing legal services that strengthen lives, families and communities.»
That's why He told church leaders to stop
neglecting justice and mercy towards the poor which He claimed were the more important aspects of the law.
They see themselves on a mission, partnering with God to
breathe justice and mercy and peace and compassion and generosity into the world.
The ecological - industrial equilibrium can be built, like some island paradise, on the calcified remains of a billion beings or, beyond vested interest,
on justice and mercy.
We can meet God in the patient, rhythmic breathing of one step following another C. S. Song talks about a «theology of the womb,» by which Christians commit themselves, to the gradual emergence of a new world
where justice and mercy are joined.
I'm pretty sure that I need to be the person now that I want them to be someday, and so if I want them to care
about justice and mercy and compassion, then I have to live it out.
As a Muslim, I am called to care for those who suffer in my community, called to be a good steward of creation, called to seek
justice and mercy wherever I go.
A November 2014 LifeWay Research study found many pastors want a mix of
justice and mercy when it comes to immigration.
You give to God a tenth even of seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill and cumin; but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such
as justice and mercy and honesty.
Nevertheless, the disturbance arises from an essentially Christian vision of human nature and the human condition that, while affirming their reconciliation in God, acknowledges the tension
between justice and mercy in this world.
Jesus has an appeal to the young if He is understood to be demanding love,
justice and mercy from all who try to follow Him.
With my own possibly - controversial book coming out in the next year, with a heart awakened to
justice and mercy in our weary and poor world, with three small souls in my own care, I want to learn what it means to be light.
I also knew I wanted to help people who were struggling; my grandmother was active in the civil rights movement, and my parents made sure that working
for justice and mercy was in my bones.
It is in this situation of human alienation from the path of perfection that the laws of social living which took the form of shariat were ordained to call human beings to God and to their vocation of witness to
divine justice and mercy.
God's «perfect
justice and mercy» means that Hitler COULD be in heaven right now while the nicest person who NEVER heard of God is in Hell.
The connection is charged: It is God who feeds and saves, and a meal is a sign of God's
justice and mercy.
God's rule where the practices of
justice and mercy and kindness and peaceableness are every day the order of the day.
I want to carry the sight of this forward into my life because I want the worship to be just as present in my work and in my life and in the daily every day acts of
justice and mercy and worship and renewal.
We must believe in the contents of all the messages concerning the code of laws which aims at the organization of human life in a way which meets the needs of mankind and promotes human welfare in accordance with
His justice and mercy.
Wisdom is writing of the human situation, and we must not suppose that if we agree with what he writes, we are assuming a schism between God's
justice and his mercy.