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By compassion we make others’ misery our own
- Sir Thomas Browne

Sinners are led back to God by holy meekness better than by cruel scolding.– Francis

If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.—Jesus

Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it’s like to live inside somebody else’s skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. —Fredrick Buechner

They should be glad to live among the social outcasts, among the poor and helpless, the sick and the lepers, and those who beg by the wayside. —Early Rule of St. Francis

If we don’t except Jesus in one another, we will not be able to give Him to others.—Mother Teresa

Love does not give money, it gives itself. If it gives itself first and a lot of money too, that is all the better. But first it must sacrifice itself.—-Thomas Merton

If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.—St. Paul

We can never love our neighbour to much. There isnothing small in the service of God.–St. Francis De Sales

You should bear patiently the bad temper of other people, the slights, the rudeness that may be offered you.—St. John Bosco

Romans 12: 9-21
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil: hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honour. Do not be slothful in zea, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be conceited. Repay no one for evil, but give thought to what is honourable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ” Vengeance is mine, I will repay says the Lord.” To the contrary, ” if your enemy is hungry , feed him; if he is thirsty , give him something to drink: for by doing so you will heap burning coals on his head. ” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.