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Kyrie Eleison*
*Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.
Kerry Ellison, your name
sounds like
Kyrie Eleison*
*Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet read more
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven
This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;
The rueful conflict, the read more
Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven
This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;
The rueful conflict, the heart riven
With vain endeavour,
And memory of earth's bitter leaven
Effaced forever.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims read more
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
The corn that makes the holy bread
By which the soul of man is fed,
The holy read more
The corn that makes the holy bread
By which the soul of man is fed,
The holy bread, the food unpriced,
Thy everlasting mercy, Christ.
Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]
Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]