St. Caesarius of Arles has some thoughts on mercy in today’s readings:
There is earthly and heavenly mercy: that is, human and divine. What is human mercy? Exactly this: to have care for the sufferings of the poor. What is divine mercy? Without doubt, to grant forgiveness of sins.
Whatever human mercy gives away on the journey, divine mercy pays back when we arrive at last in our native land. For it is God who feels cold and hunger, in the person of the poor. As he himself has said: As much as you have done for the least of these, you have done it for me.
What God deigns to give on heaven, he yearns to receive on earth.
The Victor's Place 
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord be faithful/merciful
remember your covenant of love
with your people
Christ be faithful/merciful
remember your covenant of love
with your people
Blessed are the merciful/faithful
for they shall obtain mercy–
God will be faithful to his covenant
of love…
Mercy is more than forgiveness
for surely mercy… forgives…
Mercy forgives and yet does not abandon
as in… ok I forgive you but I never want to see you again… ever! But God said, I will be your God and you will be my people…
Consider Moses? Consider David? And Abraham
mercy and faithfulness … ahhh and … Peter
Imagine being Peter, looking into the eyes of Our Risen Lord, Jesus Christ…. those are the eyes of mercy…
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The Seven Corporal Works of Mercy
(The Seven Corporal Signs of God’s Faithfulness to His Covenant of Love)
1.Feed the hungry
2.Give drink to the thirsty
3. Clothe the naked
4. Shelter the homeless
5.Visit the sick
6. Visit the imprisoned
7. Bury the dead
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The Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy
(The Seven Spiritual Signs of God’s Faithfulness to His Covenant of Love)
1.Counsel the doubtful
2.Instruct the ignorant
3.Admonish sinners
4.Comfort the afflicted
5.Forgive offenses
6.Bear wrongs patiently
7.Pray for the living and the dead
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