Sentence examples for mercy acts from inspiring English sources

In the document proclaiming the Jubilee in April, the pope expressed a "burning desire" that Christians reflect on the corporal and spiritual acts of mercy, acts that Roman Catholics are expected to carry out.

Shortly after halftime, when Balotelli inexplicably failed to move sharply enough to strike when the goal seemed at his mercy, Prandelli acted.

Euthanasia, also called mercy killing, act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures.

It is closer to an act of mercy than to an act of grace.

This is not an act of mercy; this is an act of malice," Kennedy said Wednesday.

Instead, Mrs Morley seems to have concluded that the fundamentalists could be shamed into mercy by an act of global sisterhood.

for calling the death of Obamacare an "act of mercy," Kennedy characterized it as an "act of malice".

Through acts of mercy from whatever source, disasters are rare.

Michael, an investor living in Florida, can also talk for hours but, unlike his cousin, emphasizes acts of mercy over acts of revenge.

"We also had, we believe, acts of mercy and generosity later at the hospital in Benghazi.

Anders Lustgarten in The Seven Acts of Mercy makes high drama out of forced deprivation.