Heart of mercy?

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The Bible talks about “the bowels of mercy”.
The “Jesus, I trust in you” that is found in many churches has in fact a light coming out of the heart. Should we nowadays talk about “the heart of mercy”?
 
in the Greek poets from Aeschylus down the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions, such as anger and love; but by the Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, especially kindness, benevolence, compassion (cf. Lightfoot on Philippians 1:8; Winers Grammar, 18); hence, equivalent to our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc. (cf. B. D. American edition under the word )):
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You can do both. We certainly want to place our trust in Jesus, not only because of His power but because of His mercy and love.

How about:
“O merciful heart of Jesus, I trust in you”. 🙏 ❤️ 🙏
 
In your other thread about this, It was asked if you would post the specific verses so we can look at them.
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Bowel vs spirit Sacred Scripture
In Psalm 50 (51) the Douay Rheims use the term “bowel” but other translations use the term “spirit”. To me bowel and spirit seem very different. Can we really use the term “spirit”? I can see why we the Douay Rheims use heart and bowel. Heart and spirit sounds weird. Who calls the bowel spirit? And perhaps bowel should be in the plural.
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So bowels of mercy works well in the Hebrew culture but not in a culture based on the Greek?
The Church was influenced by Greek thought so we do not always use the language of the OT anymore?
Bowels of mercy sounds too Hebrew for us nowadays and thus we do not use it?
I think this is one of the reasons why many people find the Psalms a bit difficult.
This is why many Catholics rathee say other prayers than the Psalms. This is my understanding.
Some people nowadays even find old hymns difficult as they use an old-fashioned language.
Others find hymns and the Psalms difficult as they never really feel comfortable with going to church.
Or we avoid when something is hard. We are not always willing to see the truth.
What are your wise thoughts?
 
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So bowels of mercy works well in the Hebrew culture but not in a culture based on the Greek?
The Church was influenced by Greek thought so we do not always use the language of the OT anymore?
Bowels of mercy sounds too Hebrew for us nowadays and thus we do not use it?
I think this is one of the reasons why many people find the Psalms a bit difficult.
This is why many Catholics rathee say other prayers than the Psalms. This is my understanding.
Some people nowadays even find old hymns difficult as they use an old-fashioned language.
Others find hymns and the Psalms difficult as they never really feel comfortable with going to church.
Or we avoid when something is hard. We are not always willing to see the truth.
What are your wise thoughts?
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  1. “Wise” is not a descriptor I would use for me!
  2. From what I read, the author is trying to say “mercy from your inner most self”…something like that. For the original audience, I would guess “bowels” is appropriate, but I would think many other readers would associate “bowels” with something else. Christian readers would use “heart” for your most inner most self. Anyway, I’m not sold on one usage or the other
  3. It should be noted that the Psalms are read at every Catholic mass…so it is used. As far as prayers outside of mass, I typically don’t use the Psalms…mine tend to be more NT centered (Our Father, Hail Mary, the Creed, etc.) I think its just more of a function of habit rather than “being hard” or “not willing to accept the truth.”
just my 2 cents…Blessings to you!
 
I wish this person would put the specific verse up.
 
“Jesus I trust in you” was taken from the Divine Mercy painting. Jesus appeared to Saint Faustina, appearing with one red ray and one white ray coming from His heart. (The red symbolizes blood-the Life of souls, the white symbolizes water-which justifies souls) This is also a reference to the blood and water that gushed from His heart when pierced with a lance after His death on the cross. Our Lord is also “full of grace and mercy.” Two different occasions here; scripture and the revelation of Saint Faustina. They do not contradict each other, but complement each other perfectly. Jesus is Mercy Itself incarnate, as we call Mary “Mother of Mercy.” Both His heart and bowels and all of Him are full of mercy and love for His children!
 
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