The Theee Saintly Youth Team comes with a new hymn
— Blessed are those who have mercy —
A Coptic team from St. Mary & St. John Coptic church, Bayonne, New Jersey
- Blessed are those who have mercy
Blessed are those who have mercy,
Who give to the poor and fast and pray,
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts,
The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day.
Blessed are those who have mercy,
From God they shall obtain mercy,
On Judgment Day Christ will set them apart,
May His Holy Spirit fill all their heart.
Seek the kingdom with righteousness,
Think not of your garments and fullness,
All these will be to you granted,
From God many gifts are handed.
Love your enemies with affection,
Care for those who cause you affliction,
Pray for those who abandon you,
Forgive your brother seven times his due.
My Lord said "Seek you shall find,
Ask and you shall be given of all kind,
Knock, it shall be opened unto you,
Struggle with mercy those who oppose you.
Be a help to those in time of need,
The true currency of the heavenly,
So that we may rejoice with the meek,
Along with the heavenly sing and speak.
Your earthly treasures are easily destroyed,
by moth and rust they are made void,
Gather for yourself the heavenly treasures,
And make haste for the true riches.
Nineveh, when it went astray,
By the word of Jonah, it awoke to pray,
And in three days´ fasting it stayed,
The repentance accepted after dismay.
To show us the power of fasting always,
Our Lord fasted for forty days,
We become to Him a nation everlasting,
Acquiring all our needs through fasting.
Fasting cannot be without prayer,
In humility, in worship, they are a pair,
That our request before Him endure,
By alms our fasting is pure.
Our Father who art in heaven
All heavenly hosts glorify you
We cry out unto you in our afflictions
Our Father who art in heaven
