“That is a temperate and righteous love which practices self-denial in order to minister to a brother’s necessity. So our selfish love grows truly social, when it includes our neighbors in its circle.
But if thou art reduced to want by such benevolence, what then? What indeed, except to pray with all confidence unto Him who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, who openeth His hand and filleth all things living with plenteousness.”
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) excerpt from Chapter Eight in his classic work: On Loving God.