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#380382 - 05/22/12 02:36 PM 'Lord have mercy'--An explanation by Met. Kallistos Ware
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In the phrase "Lord, have mercy" the word "mercy" is a term that signifies love in action, love working to bring about forgiveness, liberation and wholeness.

To have mercy is to acquit the other of the guilt which by his own efforts he cannot wipe away, to release him from the debts he himself cannot pay, to make him whole from the sickness for which he cannot - unaided - find any cure. The term "mercy" means furthermore that all this is conferred as a free gift.

- Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

From his book, 'The Orthodox Way'


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#380392 - 05/22/12 08:19 PM Re: 'Lord have mercy'--An explanation by Met. Kallistos Ware [Re: Alice]
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By uttering this cry we place ourselves with blind Bartimaues (Mark 10:47), who, though physically unable to see was nonetheless able to perceive in Jesus attributes which had eluded even the Disciples.

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#380402 - 05/23/12 01:19 AM Re: 'Lord have mercy'--An explanation by Met. Kallistos Ware [Re: Alice]
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Is it true the word "eleison" in Greek can connote "soothing", as in soothing wounds by application of a suitable remedy? Sometimes when I say "Lord have mercy" I'm asking Him to soothe this or that painful and/or uncomfortable situation...

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