Fulton J. Sheen Quotes About Mercy

Quotes about: Mercy

• The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man's reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Giving Up, Heart, Men

  Fulton J. Sheen (2008). “Life of Christ”, p.36, Image

• Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Prayer, Casting, Relief

• A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Men, Justice Of God, May

• His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there is more to human deeds than the doers are aware. He identified every act of kindness as an expression of sympathy with Himself. All kindnesses are either done explicitly or implicitly in His name, or they are refused explicitly or implicitly in His name.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Kindness, Compassion, Expression

  "Life of Christ".

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