“The quality of mercy is not strained.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven…” - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
This month’s blog offers a reflection on the virtue of mercy as Shakespeare describes it in the passage quoted above. What is mercy? How is it similar to a “gentle rain from heaven?” Who might we look to as exemplars of merciful acts? Read More
Irena Sendler's father once told her, “When someone is drowning, you don’t ask if they can swim. You jump in to save them.” Following his advice, Irena grew up to become a social worker in her native city of Warsaw, Poland. When the Germans occupied her country during World War II, Irena knew she had to do more: in the spirit of this month's virtues of compassion, faithfulness, and mercy, she began to smuggle various goods like clothing, food, and medicine into Jewish ghettos during the German occupation.
“The happiest people are those who do the most for others; the most miserable are those who do the least.”
Booker T. Washington
“You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.”
Nelson Mandela
“Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.”
