Short Inspirational Messages (Number 26)
Being a Merciful Person
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Mercy. Being a merciful person is the ultimate key to taste and see that the Lord is good. What does it mean to be a merciful person? A merciful person is one who has the virtue and compassion for his neighbour. The compassion for your neighbour is to be one with the person by recognising their needs, and to do your utmost to help that person in the particular needs of their lives.
The needs of the person can be different from one person to another. When one looks at these needs, which are problematic for the person and can hinder them from accepting God in their lives, these needs are either of body or soul. So to be a merciful person one is to address these needs which are linked to the needs of the body, by feeding the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to harbour the harbourless, to visit the sick, to ransom the captive, and to bury the dead.
Also, a merciful person is to reach out to the spiritual needs of another person. To address the spiritual needs of your neighbour, one might need to counsel the doubtful, to instruct the ignorant, to admonish sinners, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive, to comfort the afflicted, and to pray for the living and the dead.
Through these different actions of love, a merciful person who embraces the love of God in his life, and of being Jesus to these people, will experience grace, love and peace of the Lord.
Are you being a merciful person?
About the Author
I am George Calleja from Malta; I am married and have two children. In 2009, I obtained my MBA through the University of Leicester.
During the years 1990 to 1996, I was a full-time missionary with ‘The International Catholic Programme for Evangelization - ICPE’ and have evangelized in various countries, such as Russia, Ghana, Poland, Germany, and Malta amongst others. Since 1997, I am an active member of the Focolare Movement in Malta.
Since June 2012, I created a website by the name of 'Peace and Unity in our lives', which provides inspiration and encouragement for life, and an opportunity for people around the globe to find courage by trusting God to be more present in their life.
I also am a Christian Author. My first book was Peace and Unity in our lives – Volume One (Nov. 2014). I published my second book (Jan. 2015), Volume Two of Peace and Unity in our lives (now in paperback). My third book ‘Yes… I will follow Him’, published in March 2015. I published a free ebook Evangelization (June 2015) through Social Networking Sites', which is also available in paperback for a minimal price.
Other Christian books of mine are:
September 2015 - ‘The Beatitudes… the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount’
January 2016 – ‘My little book of daily prayer’,
April 2016 – ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’,
September 2016 – ‘The Light’
February 2017 – ‘Heal my Wounds’
July 2017 – ‘Waking up the sleeping giant’ a free ebook to download, which is also available for a minimal price as a paperback version,
December 2017 - 'Spiritual Reflections',
June 2018 - 'In His Image',
January 2019 - 'Her Silence',
October 2019 - 'Come To Me',
November 2020 - 'Emmaus... in today's society', and
December 2021 -'The King... of the Peripheries'.
For more information, see
https://www.amazon.com/George-Calleja/e/B00SNJ6B4E/ref=dp_byli
Contact me:-
Email: peacethroughunity@gmail.com
Website 'Peace and Unity in our lives' https://sites.google.com/site/peaceinunity/
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