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  • I. HE WHO SEES ME SEES THE FATHER (cf. John 14:9)
    • 1. The Revelation of Mercy
  1: . Eph. 2:4.
  2: . Cf. Jn. 1:18; Heb. 1:1f.
  3: . Jn. 14:8-9.
  4: . Eph. 2:4-5.
  5: . 2 Cor. 1:3.
  6: . Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et spes, no. 22: AAS 58 (1966), [...]
  7: . Cf. ibid



  • I. HE WHO SEES ME SEES THE FATHER (cf. John 14:9)
    • 2. The Incarnation of Mercy
  8: . 1 Tm. 6:16.
  9: . Rom. 1:20.
  10: . Jn. 1:18.
  11: . 1 Tm. 6:16.
  12: . Ti. 3:4.
  13: . Eph. 2:4.
  14: . Cf. Gn. 1:28.
  15: . Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et spes, no. 9: AAS 58 (1966), p[...]
  16: . 2 Cor. 1:3.
  17: . Mt. 6:4, 6, 18.
  18: . Cf. Eph. 3:18; also Lk. 11:5-13.



  • II. THE MESSIANIC MESSAGE
    • 3. When Christ Began To Do and To Teach
  19: . Lk. 4:18-19.
  20: . Lk. 7:19.
  21: . Lk. 7:22-23.
  22: . 1 Jn. 4:16
  23: . Eph. 2:4.
  24: . Lk. 15:11-32.
  25: . Lk. 10:30-37.
  26: . Mt. 18:23-35.
  27: . Mt. 18:12-14; Lk. 15:3-7.
  28: . Lk. 15:8-10.
  29: . Mt. 22:38.
  30: . Mt. 5:7.



  • III.  THE OLD TESTAMENT
    • 4. The Concept of "Mercy" in the Old Testament
  31: . Cf. Jgs. 3:7-9.
  32: . Cf. 1 Kgs. 8:22-53.
  33: . Cf. Mi. 7:18-20.
  34: . Cf. Is. 1:18; 51:4-16.
  35: . Cf. Bar. 2:11-3, 8.
  36: . Cf. Neh. 9.
  37: . Cf. e.g. Hos. 2:21-25 and 15;Is. 54:6-8.
  38: . Cf. Jer. 31:20; Lz. 39:25-29.
  39: . Cf. 2 Sm. 11; 12; 24:10.
  40: . Job passim.
  41: . Est.. 4:17k ff.
  42: . Cf. e.g. Neh. 9:30-32; Tb. 3:2-3, 11-12; 8:16-17; 1 Mc. 4:24.
  43: . Cf. Ex. 3:7f.
  44: . Cf. Is. 63:9.
  45: . Ex. 34:6.
  46: . Cf. Nm. 14:18; 2 Chr. 30:9; Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86(85); Wis. 15:1; Sir. 2:11; Jl. 2:13.
  47: . Cf. Is. 63:16.
  48: . Cf. Ex. 4:22.
  49: . Cf. Hos. 2:3.
  50: . Cf. Hos. 11:7-9; Jer. 31:20; Is. 54:7f.
  51: . Cf. Ps. 103(102) and 145(144).
  52: . In describing mercy, the books of the Old Testament use two expressions in particular, each havi[...]
  53: . Ps. 40(39):11; 98(97):2f.; Is. 45:21; 51:5, 8; 56:1.
  54: . Wis. 11:24.
  55: . 1 Jn. 4:16.
  56: . Jer. 31:3.
  57: . Is. 54:10.
  58: . Jon. 4:2, 11; Ps. 145(144):9; Sir. 18:8-14; Wis. 11:23-12:1.
  59: . Jn. 14:9.



  • IV.  THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
    • 5. An Analogy
  60: . In both places it is a case of hesed, i..e., the fidelity that God manifests to His own love for[...]
  61: . Cf. Lk. 1:72. Here too it is a case of mercy in the meaning of hesed, insofar as in the followin[...]
  62: . Cf. Lk. 15:14-32.
  63: . Lk. 15:18-19.



  • IV.  THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON
    • 6. Particular Concentration on Human Dignity
  64: . Lk. 15:20.
  65: . Lk. 15:32.
  66: . Cf. Lk. 15:3-6.
  67: . Cf. Lk. 15:8-9.
  68: . 1 Cor. 13:4-8.
  69: . Cf. Rom. 12:21.



  • V.  THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
    • 7. Mercy Revealed in the Cross and Resurrection
  70: . Cf. the liturgy of the Easter Vigil: the Exsultet.
  71: . Acts 10:38.
  72: . Mt. 9:35.
  73: . Cf. Mk. 15:37; Jn. 19:30.
  74: . Is. 53:5
  75: . 2 Cor. 5:21.
  76: . Ibid.
  77: . The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.
  78: . Jn. 3:16.
  79: . Cf. Jn. 14:9.
  80: . Mt. 10:28.



  • V.  THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
    • 8. Love More Powerful Than Death, More Powerful Than Sin
  81: . Phil. 2:8.
  82: . 2 Cor. 5:21.
  83: . Cf. 1 Cor. 15:54-55.
  84: . Cf. Lk. 4:18-21.
  85: . Cf. Lk. 7:20-23.
  86: . Cf. Is. 35:5; 61:1-3.
  87: . 1 Cor. 15:4.
  88: . Rv. 21:1.
  89: . Rv. 21:4.
  90: . Cf. Rv. 21:4.
  91: . Rv. 3:20.
  92: . Cf. Mt. 24:35.
  93: . Cf. Rv. 3:20.
  94: . Mt. 25:40.
  95: . Mt. 5:7.
  96: . Jn. 14:9.
  97: . Rom. 8:32.
  98: . Mk. 12:27.
  99: . Jn. 20:19-23.
  100: . Ps. 89(88):2.



  • V.  THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
    • 9. Mother of Mercy
  101: . Lk. 1:50.
  102: . Cf. 2 Cor. 1:21-22.
  103: . Lk. 1:50.
  104: . Cf. Ps..85(84):11.
  105: . Lk. 1:50.
  106: . Cf. Lk. 4:18.
  107: . Cf. Lk. 7:22.
  108: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen gentium, no. 62: AAS 57 1965), p. 63.



  • VI.  "MERCY...FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION"
    • 10. An Image of Our Generation
  109: . Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et spes, no. 10: AAS 58 (1966), [...]
  110: . Ibid



  • VI.  "MERCY...FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION"
    • 12. Is Justice Enough?
  111: . Mt. 5:38.



  • VII.  THE MERCY OF GOD IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH
    • 13. The Church Professes the Mercy of God and Proclaims It
  112: . Cf. Jn. 14:9-10.
  113: . Jn. 14:9.
  114: . Cf. 1 Cor. 11:26; acclamation in the Roman Missal.
  115: . Jn. 3:16.
  116: . 1 Jn. 4:8.
  117: . Cf. 1 Cor. 13:4.
  118: . 2 Cor. 1:3.
  119: . Rom. 8:26.



  • VII.  THE MERCY OF GOD IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH
    • 14. The Church Seeks To Put Mercy into Practice
  120: . Mt. 5:7.
  121: . Cf. Mt. 25:34-40.
  122: . Cf. 1 Cor. 13:4.
  123: . Cf. Lk. 15:11-32.
  124: . Cf. Lk. 15:1-10.
  125: . Cf. Insegnamenti di Paolo VI, XIII (1975), p. 1568 (close of the Holy Year, December 25, 1975). [...]
  126: . Mt. 5:38.
  127: . Cf. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et spes, no. 40 AAS 58 (1966[...]
  128: . Cf. 1 Jn. 2:16.
  129: . Mt. 6:12.
  130: . Eph. 4:2; cf. Gal. 6:2.
  131: . Mt. 18:22.
  132: . Cf. Lk. 15:32.
  133: . Cf. Is. 12:3.
  134: . Mt. 10:8.



  • VIII.  THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH IN OUR TIMES
    • 15. The Church Appeals to the Mercy of God
  135: . Cf. Heb. 5:7.
  136: . Cf. Wis. 11:24; Ps. 145(144):9; Gn. 1:31.
  137: . Lk. 23:34.
  138: . Cf. 1 Cor. 4:1.
  139: . Mt. 5:7.
  140: . Cf. Jn. 14:9.



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