“It shows that the offering that one offers to God with a humble mind and pure love purifies him from many shortcomings and omissions, even if they are small. Concerning these matters it is written, "Love covers a multitude of sins." And the psalmist writes, "A broken spirit is a sacrifice to God, a broken and contrite…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 2:10
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34Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.
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32And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
33A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
— Sirach 7:34 —
35Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
36Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.