And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
“Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.”
Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) in The Voice of the Saints: Counsels from the Saints to Bring Comfort and Guidance in Daily Living, ed. Francis W. Johnston (London: Burns & Oates, 1965).
As I explore generosity through saints in the Middle Ages and Reformation eras, I am finding charity as a key theme. Remember it’s the divine love of God that is grace-filled and generously extended to humankind.
Our role as Christ followers is to receive charity from God and distribute it widely to people.
Again, because it is the one thing that brings life and saves the lost, receiving it and sharing it is precisely our greatest act of generosity.