Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Today, for the first time, I saw a collection of Male Angel Statues. Art of the Renaissance. And during both the First Vatican Church from 400 to 1600 A.D. and the second Vatican. Castel Sant'Angelo, Castle of the Holy Angel.
Exodus 25:18
And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
The Ark of the Covenant is more than a box. Instead, Our Father calls this His Mercy Seat. Consider all the Wonders angels have seen. He knows the name of each of the Host of Heaven.
The witness of the Castel Sant'Angelo is mighty fine to repeat:
Castel Sant'Angelo, or Castle of the Holy Angel,
Begun in 134 to 139 A.D. Once the tallest building in Rome, initially commissioned by Roman Emperor Hadrian as a family mausoleum. Originally, the mausoleum was a decorated cylinder, with a garden top and golden quadriga. Hadrian's ashes were placed here a year after his death in Baiae in 138, together with those of his wife Sabina, and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who died in 138. Following this, the remains of succeeding emperors were also placed here. Now renowned for the Baroque additions of statues of angels holding aloft instruments of the Passion of Christ.
407 A.D., conversion to a military fortress in 401 A.D., and the original decorative bronze and stone statuary were thrown down upon the attacking Goths when they besieged Rome in 537, as recounted by Procopius. An unusual survivor, however, is the capstone of a funerary urn (probably that of Hadrian), which made its way to Saint Peter's Basilica. The use of spolia from the tomb in the post-Roman period was noted in the 16th century by Giorgio Vasari.
Wonders of God.
Reports are recorded the Archangel Michael appeared atop the mausoleum, sheathing his sword as a sign of the end of the plague of 590 A.D., thus lending the castle its present name.
A 15th-century traveler saw an angel statue on the castle roof. He recounts during a prolonged season of the plague, Pope Gregory I heard that the populace, even Christians, had begun revering a pagan idol at the church of Santa Agata in Suburra. A vision urged the pope to lead a procession to the church. Upon arriving, the idol miraculously fell apart with a clap of thunder.
Returning to St Peter's by the Aelian Bridge, the pope had another vision of an angel atop the castle, wiping the blood from his sword on his mantle, and then sheathing it. While the pope interpreted this as a sign that God was pleased. Today, St. Michael the Archangel with his sword is a statue there.. In 1536, Montelupo also created a marble statue of Saint Michael holding his sword after the 590 plague (as described above) to surmount the Castel. Later Paul III built an apartment, to ensure that in any future siege the pope had a great place to stay.
Funeral Robe left in the Tomb of Christ depicted.
Gabriel stands in the Presence of God
and has seen the Throne of God.
Montelupo's statue was replaced by a bronze statue of the same subject, executed by the Flemish sculptor Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, in 1753. Verschaffelt's is still in place and Montelupo's can be seen in an open court in the interior of the Castle.
Deuteronomy 13
17 None of the devoted things shall stick to your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers, 18 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the Lord your God.
Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
Now I was cupbearer to the king.
Job 19:21
Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has touched me!
Psalm 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 28:6
Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
Proverbs 12:10
Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast,
but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 42:8-10
Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest, 9 and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your plea for mercy before him: 10 If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.
Ezekiel 39:25
“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit
Daniel 9:17
Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.
Daniel 9:23
At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
Micah 6:8
He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Luke 1:72
to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant
Luke 1:78
because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
Matthew 9:27
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.”
Matthew 20:31
The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Luke 17:13
And lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
Romans 9:23
in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
Ephesians 2
God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
1 Timothy 1:2
My true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Brother of Jesus our Lord,
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 3:17
The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason,
full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
Jude 1:2
Mercy, peace and love be yours
in abundance.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
Abba, Father,
Isaiah saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Above Him stood the seraphim.
Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of His glory!”
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Abba, Father,
We pray for worldwide Peace.
Praying Thank You for my wonderful eye operation yesterday. Wow.
I have not felt well today, probably the anesthesia and worry!
Please pray for my good health.
Thanks!
Dwell in us
and
Dwell, Please Jesus, in those we Love.
Help us to always seek You first.
And we will finish well in Jesus Christ.
The Highest Name of Jesus Christ
to cover us and bless us
this day
and always, Father God.
The Tender Mercy of God.
Psalm 33:15
He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.
The Maker of hearts also knows how to remake hearts.
Open hearts, change hearts.
We pray in the Highest Name of Jesus,
Amen.