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  • June 5, 2014, 1:35 p.m.
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The traditional enumeration of the corporal works of mercy is as follows:

To feed the hungry;
To give drink to the thirsty;
To clothe the naked;
To harbour the harbourless;
To visit the sick;
To ransom the captive;
To bury the dead.

The spiritual works of mercy are:

To instruct the ignorant;
To counsel the doubtful;
To admonish sinners;
To bear wrongs patiently;
To forgive offences willingly;
To comfort the afflicted;
To pray for the living and the dead.

The link: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm

And a random picture:  photo DSC08613.jpg

The flag on top of Granddad's Bluff.


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