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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

a merciful heart will receive mercy

Just as a thought is made manifest
through actions and words,
so is our future reward
through the impulses of the heart.

Thus a merciful heart
will receive mercy,
while a merciless heart
will receive the opposite.

St Mark The Ascetic
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