“Blessed is he who is considerate to the needy and the poor. . . . Not even night should interrupt you in your duty of mercy. . . . There should be no delay between your intention and your good deed. Generosity is the one thing that cannot admit of delay. . . . He who does acts of mercy should do so with cheerfulness. The grace of the deed is doubled when it is done with promptness and speed. What is given with a bad grace or against one's will is distasteful and far from praiseworthy. When we perform an act of kindness we should rejoice and not be sad about it.” - Saint Gregory Nazianzen (an excerpt from one of his sermons, as published in today’s Office of Readings)
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Doctors of the Church: Saint Gregory Nazianzus
EWTN: St. Gregory Nazianzen, Doctor of the Church - 328-389 A. D.
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