1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Sirach 3:33 | *Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins: Daniel 4:24. | Water, etc. He delights to instruct the attentive. (Calmet) --- Resist. Greek, "shall expiate, or obtain pardon for sins," Daniel 4:24., and Luke 11:41. "Alms-deeds are a sort of baptism, which may be often repeated" to advantage. (St. Ambrose, or. Max.) --- "When we bestow any thing, it is not of our own, but the gift of Christ. We give bread....He, the poor, renders us the kingdom of heaven." (St. Jerome in Psalm cxxxiii.) God becomes our debtor. (St. Chrysostom, hom. liii., and lviii.) --- Our inheritance is secured. (St. Cyprian, de Op.) --- But then charity and repentance must accompany our alms. (St. Augustine, City of God 21. ultra.[last chapter]) |