Question

John Paul II claimed that God is made “visible” by this concept in a 1980 encyclical about the necessity of its “richness” in society. A passage from Exodus is the source of Jewish belief in the “thirteen attributes” of this concept. The phrase “Jesus, I trust in you” is often written on images of a “divine” aspect of this concept described by Saint Faustina Kowalska. Pope Francis I declared 2016 an “Extraordinary Jubilee Year of [this concept].” In a section on the “Sheep and the Goats” from Matthew, Jesus described the “corporal works” of this concept, distinguished from its “spiritual works.” The opening of the Kyrie (“KEE-ree-ay”) prayer invokes this concept, which also begins (10[1])and sometimes names Psalm 51. For 10 points, in the Jesus Prayer, worshippers ask him to have what concept (10[1])on them (10[1])as (10[1])sinners? (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: mercy [accept word forms; accept God’s mercy; accept eleison; accept miserere; accept rachamim; accept Year of Mercy; accept Divine Mercy; accept Thirteen Attributes of Mercy; accept Dives in Misericordia; prompt on forgiveness; prompt on compassion or kindness; reject “grace” or “pity”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Audrey ChoHaverford ACornell B11210
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale ARutgers A13110
Jack RadoColumbia BMaryland A13310
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn B13410
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BMaryland B13510
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ANYU B13510
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeHaverford B13610
Sam MacchiVassar AGeorge Washington A13610

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Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%100.00
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UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%102.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%0%131.50
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%121.00