"Caritas" The
Seven Acts of Mercy, pen and ink drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559.[1]
If every one of
us, every day, does a work of mercy, there will be a revolution in the world!
Pope Francis on
Twitter 2016-11-15
The traditional seven
acts of mercy include: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty,
freeing the imprisoned, burying the dead, sheltering the stranger, comforting
the sick, and clothing the naked.
What might these look
like in our world today? What is my "work of mercy" for today?
[1] By Pieter Brueghel the
Elder (1526/1530–1569) - YgFO-521RPoPdw at Google Cultural Institute maximum
zoom level, Public Domain,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21961843
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