Sunday, January 10, 2010

Is that a piece of the sky that just hit my head?

The sky must be falling. It's not like me to agree with much of anything the pundits on the opinion pages write these days, but this guy and this guy and this guy all make very valid points. Two of them are very similar opinions on the same subject of partisan (and immature) politics as usual, while the other guy writes about a subject that is becoming closer and closer to my sensitivities as I learn more about immigration issues from Sarah and her example to me.

No comments:

"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".