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Blessed is he that considereth the poor.

The Bible, Psalm 41:1 kjv

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.

The Bible, Proverbs 19:17 kjv

The poor always ye have with you.

The Bible, John 12:8 kjv

Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

The Bible, James 2:5

Christ hungers now, my brethren; it is he who deigns to hunger and thirst in the persons of the poor.

Caesarius of Arles

I shall never cease to give all I can to those in need until I find myself reduced to such a state of poverty that there will scarcely remain to me five feet of earth for my grave or a penny for my funeral.

Cajetan of Thiene

Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs.

John Chrysostom

When we attend to the needs of those in want, we give them what is theirs, not ours. More than performing works of mercy, we are paying a debt of justice.

Gregory the Great

The cry of the poor must either be heard by us, or it will ascend up against us into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

F.D. Maurice

Systems by which the rich are made richer, and the poor poorer, should find no favor among people professing to “fear God and hate covetousness.”

Lucretia Mott

When we serve the poor and the sick, we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.

Rose of Lima

Because of God’s own care for the poor, and because of their exploitation by the unscrupulous and their neglect by the church, they should now receive a “positive” or “reverse” discrimination.

John Stott

What the poor need, even more than food and clothing and shelter (though they need these, too, desperately), is to be wanted.

Mother Teresa