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Lesson 309

Let us break our bread to the hungry.

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Let us break our bread to the hungry, and bring the houseless poor to our house. Let us clothe the naked, and despise not those of our own flesh.

Source Confessions, Book Xiii, §18 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Augustine, sharing our bread, welcoming the poor and clothing the naked means recognizing in each person a “fellow citizen of our clay”, that is, a brother or sister made of the same human clay as we are. Today, share something concrete (a meal, a piece of clothing, a little of your time) with someone who needs it, looking at them as your equal.

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