WORKS OF MERCY

 

WORKS OF MERCY

We all KNOW=that we are

SAVED by FAITH=and by

The MERCY of God

BUT we all know=if we

Have this faith=we WILL supplement

Our faith with WORKS

“For we maintain

That a person

Is JUSTIED by FAITH

Apart=from

The works of the law”                                                                                             Romans 3:28

“As the body-

Without the spirit

IS dead=

So faith-without deeds-is dead”                                                                                       James 2:26

So you ARE SAVED by faith alone=

YOUR FAITH in God and Christ-

But ALL good righteous people

SUPPLEMENT their faith by DOING-

GOOD WORKS for others

ACTS of mercy=or CORPORAL works

Of MERCY-to be precise-

Are FUNDAMENTAL PARTS of our faith 

We are called

To FEED the hungry

GIVE DRINK to the thirsty

VISIT the sick-

Shelter the homeless

Give ALMS to the poor=

VISIT PRISONERS-

And bury the dead

“God gives a HOME

To the forsaken

He leads forth PRISONERS

To prosperity”                                                                                                                Psalm 68:7

“BLESSED are the MERCIFUL

For they will be SHOWN mercy”                                                                                        Matthew 5:7

WE are called to LOVE GOD=and=

We are called to LIVE by FAITH=

And we are called-

To live by SHOWING=works of MERCY=

To our neighbors

For me=the ONE

That gets far too little attention

Is VISITING the prisoners

PRISON is a terribly dehumanizing place=

And many people=particularly PRISON MINISTERS

BRING the love and HOPE of Christ-

To them

It is A WORK OF MERCY=

That can CHANGE a person's life

“SET me FREE from my prison

That I may PRAISE-

Your name

Then the RIGHTEOUS

Will gather about me

Because of your GOODNESS

To me”                                                                                                                       Psalm 142:7

“I needed cloths-

And you clothed me

I was sick-

And you LOOKED AFTER me

I was in PRISON-

And you CAME to VISIT ME”                                                                                        Matthew 25:36

LAST YEAR=POPE Francis=

Declared the year=as a

DIVINE YEAR OF MERCY

But let us REMEMBER=

EVERY year-

IS a year of MERCY

And as CHRISTIANS-it is-

NOT ONLY about our faith=

But what we DO

LIVE in FAITH and with MERCY-

AND actions towards ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN

In the name of Jesus we live by FAITH=and the WORKS

OF MERCY He taught to us

FOREVER and EVER-amen

Robert P. Wallman

5-30-17 and 11-02-2025

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick