true charity

True Benevolence and the Need to Restore Notre-Dame

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True Benevolence and the Need to Restore Notre-Dame

There is an apocryphal story about a medieval sculptor finishing a statue to be put in a niche. An onlooker asked, “Why are you finishing the back of the statue. No one will ever see it.” The sculptor responded, “God will.” The outpouring of charitable donations to rebuild the Cathedral of Notre-Dame … Read more

True Charity Toward Wayward Brethren

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True Charity Toward Wayward Brethren 3

The same applies to the notion of Fraternity which they found on the love of common interest or, beyond all philosophies and religions, on the mere notion of humanity, thus embracing with an equal love and tolerance all human beings and their miseries, whether these are intellectual, moral, or physical and temporal. … Read more