"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: To care for orphans and windows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world." (James 1:27)
Considering the great work of almsgiving, we look to how this act relates to the virtue of charity. Charity's primary act is to love. The act of love has three internal effects: joy, peace, and mercy. And three external effects: beneficence, almsgiving, and fraternal correction.
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