“O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body.” BodyChristCharityAffectionFulfillmentMysticalSacramentsUnspeakable Author:Thomas Aquinas
“The soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is a mere reflex of the lives of others. It migrates into their bodies, and identifying its existence with their existence, finds its own happiness in increasing and prolonging their pleasures, in extinguishing or solacing their pains.” MenDoeSoulBodySeemsPainPleasureExistenceMereCharityLives Of OthersBenevolentIdentifyingReflexesMigrateProlonging Book:Lectures and Annual Reports on Education Source: Lectures and Annual Reports on Education
“Think not you are charitable if the love of Jesus and His brethren be not purely the motive of your gifts. Alas! you might not give your superfluities, but "bestow all your goods to feed the poor;" you might even "give your body to be burned" for them, and yet be utterly destitute of charity, if self-seeking, self-pleasing or self-ends guide you; and guide you they must, until the love of God be by the Holy Ghost shed abroad in your heart.” IfsThinkingGivingHeartEndsSelfBodyMightJesusPoorHolyCharitySeekingGuidesYour BodyGhostGod LoveMotiveGoodsShedBurnedAlasHoly GhostCharitableBrethrenDestitute Author:Hugh Reginald Haweis