Glossa Ordinaria
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 5
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
(ap. Anselm.) Justly is mercy dealt out to the merciful, that they should receive more than they had deserved; and as he who has more than enough receives more than he who has only enough, so the glory of mercy is greater than of the things hitherto mentioned.