Prayer for the Grace to be Merciful toward Others

Prayer for the Grace to be Merciful toward Others

 

"O Most Holy Trinity! As many times as I breathe, as many times as my heart beats, as many times as my blood throbs through my body, so many thousand of times do i want to glorify your mercy!I want to be completely transformed into your mercy and to be your living reflection, o lord! May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbour!

Help me, o lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that i may never suspect or judge from appearances, but look for what is beautiful in my neighbours souls and come to their rescue.

 

Help me, o lord, that my ears may be merciful, so that so that i may give heed to my neighbours needs and not be indiffent to their pains and moanings.

Help me, o lord, that my tongue may be merciful, so that i should never speak negatively of my neighbour, but have a word of comfort and forgiveness for all.

Help me, o lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that i may do only good to my neighbours and take upon myself the more difficult and toilsome tasks.

 

Help me, that my feet may be merciful, so that i may hurry to assist my neighbour, overcoming my own fatigue and weariness. My true rest is in the service of my neighbour.

 

Help me, o lord, that my heart may be merciful so that i myself may feel all the sufferings of my neighbour. I will refuse my heart to no one. I will be sincere even with those who, i know, will abuse my kindness. And i will lock myself up in the most merciful heart of jesus. I will bear my own suffering in silence. May your mercy, o lord, rest upon me.

You yourself command me to exercise the three degrees of mercy. The first: the act of mercy, of whatever kind. The second: the word of mercy - if i cannot carry out a work of mercy, i will assist by my words. The third: prayer - if i cannot show mercy by deeds or words, i can always do so by prayer. My prayer reaches out even there where i cannot reach out physically.O my jesus, transform me into yourself, for you can do all things!" (i, 78)

 

[this prayer gives us a true measure of our mercy, a mirror in which we can observe ourselves as other merciful christs. We can well make it our morning invocation as well as our evening examination of conscience.]