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Let us do good to all.
Galatians 6:10
 


We must be ready and eager
for every opportunity to do good,
and put our whole heart into it.

 
St. Clement of Rome, 1st century

 
 
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Love your enemies.
Jesus; Matthew 5:44
 


Love your enemies. Perhaps if we do,
we will change the face of that ‘enemy’.

 
cf. Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

 
 
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A friend loves at all times.
Proverbs 17:17
 


Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures;
without friends...
even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Love one another
with mutual affection.
Romans 12:10
 


Lord,
grant that I might not so much seek to be loved
as to love.

 
St. Francis of Assisi, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Be angry, but do not sin.
Psalm 4:4
 


Do not act in anger or nurse a grudge.

 
St. Benedict, 6th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Love is patient and kind.
1 Coeinthians 13:4
 


He who plants kindness gathers love.

 
St. Basil the Great, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Walk in love,
as Christ loved us
and gave himself up for us.
Ephesians 5:2
 


Love is the beauty of the soul.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
The one who fears the Lord…
is merciful.
Psalm 112:1,4
 


Teach us to give, and not to count the cost.

 
St. Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century

 

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