Advancing The Good of Our Neighbor
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Something To Ponder This Lent
The good of our neighbor is advanced by things pertaining to the spiritual welfare of the soul rather than by things pertaining to the supplying of bodily needs, in proportion to the excellence of spiritual over corporal things…Spiritual works of mercy surpass corporal works of mercy. St. Thomas Aquinas
Having The Right Perspective
The spiritual works of mercy are in themselves better than the corporal works of mercy. This is so because the soul of man is more noble than his body. But in particular cases, the corporal works of mercy may be better and more necessary than the spiritual works of mercy. A starving man needs food more than he needs instruction. Walter Farrell, O.P., S.T.M. and Martin J. Healy, S.T.D.