St. Isaac the Syrian: If you are truly merciful . . .

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“If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don’t be sad inside, and do not tell of our loss to your neighbor. Let a better loss, inflicted by those who insult you, be absorbed by your mercy”

— St. Isaac the Syrian, Homilies, 58