16/09/2025
In a cold, lonely impersonal world, those who take time to care for others are the exception not the rule. When we receive Christ, we not only enter into a relationship with Him, but with every other believer. WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE AND CARE FOR.
Caring churches are made up of caring individuals. If we are going to be a CARING CHURCH, the kind of church that makes an impact on people, each of us must learn to care for others.
(Mark 9:41) " For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, He shall not lose his reward."
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Far from being a to-do list of the christian life, the WORKS OF MERCY are the fruit that naturally stem from a loving relationship with God. Prayer fuels the works of mercy, love of God gives life to love of neighbor. As the first letter of St. John says, " We love because God first loved us, and anyone who loves God must also love their brothers and sisters."
(1 John 14:19-21)
With this in mind the works of mercy lead us to further union with God just as much as other forms of prayer and they are thus a practice for everyone to adopt.
This is not to say that the works of mercy can replace prayer. Prayer and the christian life are indeed inseoarable, but they are not interchangeable, one cannot stand in for the other. Think of orayer as the root and stem of christian life and works of mercy as its fruit and branches.
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