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Show Two works of mercy are there which the Lord himself hath laid down - forgive and give. As to what he saith of pardoning, thou both wishest - thy sin to be pardoned thee, and thou hast another whom thou mayest pardon. Again, as to doing kindness, a beggar asks of thee, and thou art God's beggar. For we are all, when we pray God's beggars; we stand, yea, rather we fall, prostrate before the door of the great householder; we groan in application, wishing to receive something, and this something is God Himself. - St. (Saint) Augustine. |