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Clear all filtersAugustine of Hippo · Book X, paragraph beginning “I hear the voice of my God commanding, Let not your hearts be ove…”
Give what Thou enjoinest, and enjoin what Thou wilt.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 16, question 185
The Beatitudes are: 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 2. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land. 3. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. 4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall be filled. 5.…Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 19, question 221
The chief means by which we satisfy God for the temporal punishment due to sin are: Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving, all spiritual and corporal works of mercy, and the patient suffering of the ills of life.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 19, question 222
The chief spiritual works of mercy are seven: To admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful, to comfort the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries, and to pray for the living and the dead.Read the source passage →
Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 19, question 223
The chief corporal works of mercy are seven: To feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to ransom the captive, to harbor the harborless, to visit the sick, and to bury the dead.Read the source passage →
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Baltimore Catechism · Lesson 30, question 329
Despair is the loss of hope in God's mercy.Read the source passage →