Saturday, August 11, 2012

Compassion, Pity, and Mercy

My friend Paula has just been received into the Catholic Church and she started a beautiful new blog to celebrate. Here is a quote from Dr. Alice von Hildebrand:
Toward sinful men we should be animated by a holy pity. (as opposed to an hypocritical  condescending one) This holy pity challenges us to go on our knees and ardently pray for their conversion. This is the magnificent meaning of many penitential orders. They are based on the trust that God’s infinite goodness will listen to the prayers of the innocent for their guilty brothers.

Christ has delegated the merciful power to forgive sins to His Church. It is clearly a  mark of the true Church. (Read entire post.)
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Anonymous said...

Thank you for linking the post Elena.