"A very important duty of charity towards our neighbor consists in giving him alms when he is poor and needy and we ourselves are in a position to do so . . . 'Alms delivereth from death,' said the Archangel Raphael to Tobias, 'and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.' (Tob. 12:9) . . . If we can do nothing else let us at least recommend him to God, for prayer is also an alms."
The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation, Chapter 4, Almsgiving, Paragraph 1-2, (Christianity, Catholic, Author: St. Alphonsus Liguori)
The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation, Chapter 4, Almsgiving, Paragraph 1-2, (Christianity, Catholic, Author: St. Alphonsus Liguori)
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