 | Joseph L. Malloy - Religion - 1984 - 152 pages
...seven spiritual works of mercy: to convert the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to give advice to the doubtful, to comfort the sorrowful, to bear wrongs...to forgive injuries, to pray for the living and the dead. On the last day Christ will ask us if we have done these things and he will judge us accordingly.... | |
 | Author of The cloud of unknowing - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1988 - 346 pages
...the great parable of the Judgment (Mt 25:35-36), the other traditional — "to convert the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive injuries, and to pray for the living and the dead." 39. There are similarities between the author's teaching... | |
 | Walter Hilton, John P. H. Clark, Rosemary Dorward - Religion - 1991 - 372 pages
...minister to prisoners, to burv the dead. The seven spiritual works of mercy are to convert the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...to forgive injuries, to pray for the living and the dead. 6. discretion: There is a long antecedent tradition. Cassian refers to discretion as "parent,... | |
 | William A. Barry, Kerry A. Maloney - Religion - 1991 - 164 pages
...shelter the homeless, and to bury the dead. The spiritual works of mercy are: to admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries and to pray for the living and the dead.14 We can ask about the points of convergence,... | |
 | Wayne G. Boulton, Thomas D. Kennedy, Allen Verhey - Religion - 1994 - 576 pages
...harborless, to visit the sick, to bury the dead. The Spiritual Works of Mercy are: to admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries, to pray for the living and the dead. From the first issue, The Catholic Worker announced... | |
 | Julia Ahlers, Barbara Allaire, Carl Koch - Religion - 1996 - 302 pages
...visit the imprisoned To shelter the homeless To visit the sick To bury the dead To admonish the sinner To instruct the ignorant To counsel the doubtful To comfort the sorrowful To forgive all injuries To bear wrongs patiently To pray for the living and the dead cases, however, the... | |
 | Phyllis Zagano - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 192 pages
...faith. "The Scandal of the Works of Mercy"4 The spiritual works of mercy are: to admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries, and to pray for the living and the dead. The corporal works are to feed the hungry, to... | |
 | Benedikt Baur - Religion - 1999 - 276 pages
...in, you covered me" (cf. Mt. 25: 35-36). And there are other works of mercy it is our duty to do too: to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful, to comfort the sorrowful, to pray for all, both living and dead. How many opportunities we have! How many obligations we have! And... | |
 | Rebecca Anne Allahyari - Social Science - 2000 - 304 pages
...COMMITMENT: "THE CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY" The Spiritual Works of Mercy are: to admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries, and to pray for the living and the dead. Corporal Works are to feed the hungry, to give... | |
 | Dorothy Day - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 192 pages
...Christianity itself may be a sign of contradiction. THE SPIRITUAL works of mercy are: to admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful,...the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries, and to pray for the living and the dead. The corporal works are to feed the hungry, to... | |
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SPIRITUAL works of mercy are: to admonish the sinner, to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful, to comfort the sorrowful, to bear wrongs patiently, to forgive all injuries, and to pray for the living and the dead. 
