“[One] will not be able to merit the mercy of God who himself has not been merciful, nor will [one] gain any request from the divine love by his prayers who has not been humane toward the prayer of the poor.”
Cyprian, 3th c. — Treatise VIII. On Works and Alms 5
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1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
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— Psalms 41:1 —
2The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.