[Manna - January 24]
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart. Proverbs 3:3
WHILE justice is the first feature of the commandment
of love, it is not the end of its requirements:
it requires that, going beyond strict justice, our love
shall prompt us to the exercise of mercy and forgiveness.
And in thus exercising mercy we are again
but copying divine love....Hence, in our dealings
with others who, like ourselves, are fallen and imperfect,
we are to remember this feature and not only be
just toward them but, additionally, to be merciful,
generous, kind, even to the unthankful,—that thus we
may be children of our Father in heaven. Z.'02-171 R3020:6