Matthew 5:7 (WEB)
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Catechism · 1
“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.” — Catechism footnote: Mt 5:3-12.
Fathers and councils · 27
Gregory of Nyssa
“For instance, Our Lord is called merciful and pitiful by the prophet, and He wills us to be and to be called the same; “Be ye therefore merciful,” and “Blessed are the merciful,” and many such passages.” — editor's note: Matthew v. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Let Thy mercy be exalted above Thy justice, because Thy words are true, and Thou hast promised mercy unto “the merciful;” which Thou gavest them to be who wilt “have mercy” on whom Thou wilt “have mercy,” and wilt “have compassion” on whom Thou hast had compassion.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“And Alypius, beginning again to hear me, was involved in the same superstition as I was, loving in the Manichæans that ostentation of continency which he believed to be true and unfeigned.” — editor's note: Augustin, in book v. sec. 9, above, refers to the reputed sanctity of Manichæus, and it may well be questioned whether the sect deserved that unmitigated…
Read the whole comment“…us, that we may be poor in spirit, and meek, and mourners, and hungering and athirst after righteousness, and merciful, and pure in heart, and peacemakers.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 3–9.
Read the whole comment“…they that mourn, blessed they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, blessed the merciful, blessed the pure in heart, blessed the peacemakers.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 3–9.
Read the whole comment““Blessed are the poor in spirit;” imitate Him, Who, whereas “He was rich, was made poor for your sakes.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 3–10
Read the whole comment“If it is wisdom through which the peacemakers are blessed, inasmuch as they shall be called the children of God; let us pray that we may be freed from evil, for that very freedom will make us free, i.e. sons of God, so that we may cry in the spirit of adoption, “Abba, Father.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 3–9.
Read the whole comment“Mark what comes next: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“For if turning away from all these your deeds, and turning to Me, ye had redeemed all those crimes and sins by alms, those alms would now deliver you, and absolve you from the guilt of so great offences; for, “Blessed are the merciful, for to them shall be shown mercy.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
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John Chrysostom
““Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are the pure in heart, blessed are the merciful.” ( Matt. v. 3, 8, 7.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Blessed are the merciful.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
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Jerome
“She constantly had on her lips such phrases as these: “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy:” and “water will quench a flaming fire; and alms maketh an atonement for sins;” and “make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness that…they may…” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
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Aphrahat
“Let us be merciful, as it is written, that God may have mercy upon us.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
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Leo the Great
“For although a man be full of faith, and chaste, and sober, and adorned with other still greater decorations, yet if he is not merciful, he cannot deserve mercy: for the Lord says, “blessed are the merciful, for God shall have mercy upon them.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“…wealth is begotten of this bountifulness as can never be diminished or in any way destroyed, for “blessed are the merciful, for God shall have mercy on them,” and He Himself shall be their chief Reward, who is the Model of His own command.” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“Whereas “blessed are the merciful, for God shall have mercy on them:” and He is just and kind in His judgments, allowing some to be in the power of others to this end, that under fair government may be preserved both the…” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 7, quoted in the same form in Serm. XCV. chap. 7, q.v.
Read the whole comment“For “blessed are the merciful, since God shall have mercy on them;” nor wilt shortcomings be remembered, where the presence of true religion has been attested.” — editor's note: S. Matt. v. 7.
Read the whole comment“A Homily on the Beatitudes, St. Matt. v. 1–9” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“And He means by the merciful, not only those who do acts of mercy, but those who wish to do them, though they be not able; who do as far as purpose is concerned.” — editor's note: [Matt. v. 7. S.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the same place: “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”” — editor's note: Matt. v. 7.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
Justice and mercy are so united, that the one ought to be mingled with the other; justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice, profusion - hence He goes on to the one from the other.
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The merciful is he who has a sad heart; he counts others’ misery his own, and is sad at their grief as at his own.
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Mercy here is not said only of alms, but is in every sin of a brother, if we bear one another’s burdens.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
He pronounces those blessed who succour the wretched, because they are rewarded in being themselves delivered from all misery; as it follows, “for they shall obtain mercy.”
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So greatly is God pleased with our feelings of benevolence towards all men, that He will bestow His own mercy only on the merciful.
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The reward here seems at first to be only an equal return; but indeed it is much more; for human mercy and divine mercy are not to be put on an equality.
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Justly is mercy dealt out to the merciful, that they should receive more than they had deserved; and as he who has more than enough receives more than he who has only enough, so the glory of mercy is greater than of…
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions VI.7.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.33.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 49.
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 16.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.33.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 16.
Cited together in Confessions VI.7.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 16.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 49.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 10.