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Augustine of Hippo
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 5
Mt 5, 7English original
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
(ubi sup.) He pronounces those blessed who succour the wretched, because they are rewarded in being themselves delivered from all misery; as it follows, for they shall obtain mercy.