WORK OF MERCY

Works of mercy are those that are aimed at satisfying the bodily needs of other people and to alleviate material suffering. Christ's parable of the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46)* lists six works of mercy, the fulfillment of which, one way or another, is obligatory for Christians. The seventh work of mercy, the burial of the dead, was added by the Christians later.

Treatment

Fundraising for treatment sick children and adults.

Food supply

Provision of food to those in need and food allowances.

Water Supply

Buying new clothes for low-income families and warm clothes for the homeless.

Clothes

Providing drinking water for young children and assistance in providing water to the villages.

Accomodation

Visits to people with a disability or a prisoner.

Visit

Temporary shelter for the homeless and travelers.

Rest

Assisting in the burial of the poor, caring for abandoned cemeteries.

*Matthew 25:31-46.

25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:  

25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:  

25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.  

25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  

25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:  

25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.  

25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 

25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?  

25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?  

25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.  

25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:  

25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:  

25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.  

25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?  

25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.  

25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.