Consider the reward attached to works of mercy. "They shall obtain mercy." This mercy will accompany them in this life, it will extend to both body and soul, and it will be their reward in the next life: "With the same measure that you shall measure, it shall be measured to you again." (Luke 6:38).
Reflect how much you stand in need of God's mercy, and what your case would have been, had God dealt with you according to your deserts. Be merciful, therefore, to others, that you may obtain mercy. Meditate on the sentence of St. James: "Judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy." (James 2:13).
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