Charity Quotes

Quotes on Charity by the Saints

We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor, or, at least, let us go and wait on them and comfort them. - St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms. - St. Philip Neri

Help one another with the generosity of the Lord, and despise no one. When you have the opportunity to do good, do not let it go by. -- St. Polycarp of Smyrna

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity. -- St. John of the Cross

Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor. -- St Aelred of Rievaulx

Charity unites us to God... There is nothing mean in charity, nothing arrogant. Charity knows no schism, does not rebel, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God have been made perfect. -- Pope St. Clement I

It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for "God is Charity" (1John 4:8) -- St. Albert the Great

If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you. Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg. To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it. -- St. Thomas of Villanova

The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.  - St. Basil the Great

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt. -St. Ambrose of Milan

It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are. -St. Francis of Assisi

For it is in giving that we receive.  -Francis of Assisi

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.  -Saint Augustine

Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved. - St. Robert Bellarmine

Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.  - -St. Vincent de Paul

Teach us to give and not count the cost. -St. Ignatius de Loyola

Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.  - Saint Francis of Assisi

Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.  -St. Gregory Nazianzen

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.   -Saint Augustine

Necessity urges us to pray for ourselves. Fraternal Charity obliges us to pray for others. God finds the prayer motivated by charity to be more meritorious than the prayer motivated by necessity.  -- St. John Chrysostom

Let us have charity and humility, and give alms, for almsgiving cleanses our souls from the filth of sin. At death we lose all that we have in this world, but we take with us charity and the alms-deeds we have done, and for these we shall receive a great reward from God.'  - St. Francis of Assisi

. . . nothing in this world represents so well that admirable assembly of the heavenly Jerusalem as a society of religious who are perfectly united to gether by charity. The life they lead is truly heavenly and angelical. Our Lord is truly amongst them: the place they live in is no other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven. - St. Lawrence Justinian

If we look forward to receiving God's mercy, we can never fail to do good so long as we have the strength. For if we share with the poor, out of love for God, whatever he has given to us, we shall receive according to his promise a hundredfold in eternal happiness. What a fine profit, what a blessed reward! With outstretched arms he begs us to turn toward him, to weep for our sins, and to become the servants of love, first for ourselves, then for our neighbors. Just as water extinguishes a fire, so love wipes away sin. - St. John of God

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