alms-deeds

They should be simple, meek and true, and full of alms-deeds, as Jesu was, in whom they trow; but they be all the contrary, and ever inclined to the evil, and to do evil.

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

After reciting this mentally with upraised hands, the forefinger of the right hand being extended to its full length, we drew our palms down our faces and did alms-deeds, a vital part of the ceremony.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

If the equivalent be not procurable, the offender must buy its value of grain for alms-deeds, or fast a day for every measure.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

He speaks in many places on the precept of alms-deeds with great vehemence.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

The life of this holy man from his childhood at Abbeville, the place of his birth, and afterwards at Marseilles, was a model of innocence, alms-deeds, and devotion.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Dorcas speaks in her "good works and alms-deeds which she did"; Judas Iscariot speaks in his betrayal.

My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year John Henry Jowett

Aquinas divides alms-deeds into two kinds, spiritual and corporal, the latter alone of which concern us here.

An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien

In his youth, prayer, fasting, and alms-deeds were his chief delight, and, embracing an ecclesiastical state, he took orders; but the love of heavenly contemplation being always the prevalent inclination in his soul he preferred close retirement to the mixed life of the care of souls.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Ten years after he had left the world, by the demise of his parents, he inherited their great estates, but commissioned a virtuous friend to distribute the revenues in alms-deeds.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

In his sermons and letters, he frequently enforces the obligation of alms-deeds.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler