#Prayer for Mercy

[nathan-r-dooley]

Psalm 80 | Restore Us, O God

For the music director; set to El Shoshannim, Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. “Listen, Shepherd of Israel,Who leads Joseph like a flock;You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken Your power,And come to save us!” “God, restore usAnd make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved.” A National Plea “Lord God of armies,How long will You be…

[abs0luteb4stard]

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives. The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples. I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here. Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love, and walk humbly with each other and our God, for the good of all people — the good of all people in this nation and the world. Amen.”

[chalkrub]

it's yet another art fight - revenge for @babayanska

girls' night!!

[lovelylouise25]

[patron-saint-of-lesbeans]

God have mercy. God have mercy. God have mercy. God have mercy. God have mercy. God have mercy. God have mercy.

[disgruntledexplainer]

There is a 2-year-old kid at my church who just got leukemia. Please pray for him.

[the-mercy-workers]

Pope Francis passed away this morning. I considered him a mercy worker, his words were an inspiration to me while making this blog. He cared so deeply about the dignity of everyone, urging the Church towards peace, hope, love, and charity. Please pray for his soul and please don't forget these words;

Pope Francis, please pray that we always strive to serve others and reflect God's love

[negotiumcrucis]

As Joe devours his mouth, Nicky can almost taste the plums.

He breathes into their kiss, inebriated. They don’t get drunk, not really. Not for long anyway. It's like vertigo, and once you stop drinking, it fades away too fast. The feel isn’t so different from coming back from a blow to the head, just not as painful, and right now, Nicky can’t tell if what he feels is the rakija still coursing through his veins or if it’s the warmth of Joe’s hands cradling his skull as he pushes him against the door of their shared room.

The old planks protest their weight, but they hold.

Nicky almost remembers when that last batch of rakija was made. ‘96 or maybe ‘97, a couple of years after they cleaned the boathouse of a group of smugglers. They had been kidnapping kids to be turned into soldiers. Nicky still can’t forget how those rifles looked big and awkward in their small hands, and he sometimes remembers how some of those boys cried for their mothers when they looked up at Andy.

Once they had managed to deliver the kids to safety, they decided that the place was a good spot for a hideout, isolated and barren as it is. The war lasted a decade, so they went back there many times, though apparently not enough to clean their stash.

After being stored for almost three decades, Nicky isn’t surprised the rajika tasted stronger, richer, but now he almost wishes he hadn’t had that last shot. He’s not worried about snoring, though. He knows Joe never cares. Joe, now busy pressing their groins together, a hand sneaking under Nicky's shirt, palming his stomach, reaching for his heart–

‘It’s my new boyfriend.’ The words sound absurd even now, maybe especially now, and for a moment, Nicky wonders if he misheard them entirely.

He might have. He should ask Joe for clarification now that it’s just the two of them, but Nicky– he doesn’t want Joe to stop. He needs Joe’s hands, and Joe’s tongue, and the half words being whispered against his ear. Most of all, he needs Joe’s fire, for Nicky’s body still remembers the crash and the feeling of freefall crowded by the moment he stopped breathing as the water swallowed them whole. He has showered since, yes, but Nicky still can feel ice inside his bones, and he needs to be warmed from within.

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[al-firdaus]

Sometimes our life can be so fast paced that we don’t have time to even think. Then Ramaḍan comes around and forces us to slow everything down — our ṣalāh deepens, our Qur’ān lingers on our tongues, our qiyām, our du’ās feel weightless and our life feels more meaningful. Everything just seems to stop and it’s beautiful how it realigns our hearts to what truly matters. In that stillness, we find beauty, we find clarity and we find closeness to Allah swt.

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Nothing is impossible for God

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[jameslmartello]

Please pray for Laura Horn as she recovers from brain surgery to remove a tumor. Ven. Aloysius Schwartz, intercede for Laura. Amen +

[victusinveritas]

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they? And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they? So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Da Big JC

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From Rebecca Solnit:

Yeah, we've reached the state where Christian nationalists hate Jesus and anyone like him. "Sin of empathy." [Last] screenshot is Speaker Johnson having a hissy fit about that Episcopalian's sermon.

Some Bible passages on love and kindness, for the record:

John: 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Matthew:

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Zachariah, Old Testament

8Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

9“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

‘Execute true justice,

Show [g]mercy and compassion

Everyone to his brother.

10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,

The alien or the poor.

Let none of you plan evil in his heart

Against his brother.’

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

Colossians 3:11-13

11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

2 Peter 1

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.