Author Topic: The Saints on Charity (for God + Neighbour) (Read 4074 times)

Maria Dolorosa · « **Reply #35 on:** April 11, 2026, 02:14:45 PM »

“Oh, how displeasing are rash judgments to God! The judgments of the children of men are rash, because they are not the judges of one another, and therefore usurp to themselves the office of our Lord. They are rash, because the principal malice of sin depends on the intention of the heart, which is an impenetrable secret to us. They are not only rash, but also impertinent, because everyone has enough to do to judge himself, without taking upon him to judge his neighbour.”

— St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Chapter XXVIII, On Rash Judgements

Maria Dolorosa · « **Reply #36 on:** April 12, 2026, 01:50:36 PM »

“Among the works comprised in charity to our neighbor the following are the most important: advice, counsel, succor, forbearance, pardon, edification. These are so strongly linked with charity that the practice of them indicates the progress we have made in the practice of charity.”

— Venerable Louis of Granada, The Sinner’s Guide, man’s duty to his neighbour

Maria Dolorosa · « **Reply #37 on:** April 13, 2026, 04:59:51 PM »

The Apostle St. Paul says: "And now there remain faith, hope, charity: these three; but the greatest of these is charity." St. Augustine thus explains the passage above quoted: "Faith lays the foundation of the house of God, hope erects the building, but it is love which completes it." Therefore charity is the greatest, the most important thing.

— The Catholic Girl’s Guide, Fr. Lasance, on the love of God

Maria Dolorosa · « **Reply #38 on:** **Today** at 01:04:53 PM »

“The sin of rash judgment is, indeed, a spiritual jaundice, and makes all things appear evil to the eyes of such as are infected with it. He that desires to be cured of it must apply the remedies, not to his eyes, nor to his understanding, but to his affections, which are the feet of the soul. If your affections are mild, your judgment will be mild also; if your affections are charitable, your judgment will also be charitable.”

— St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Chapter XXVIII, Rash Judgements

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