From the Catholic Encyclopedia... in Flash

June 4, 2014, 11:35 p.m.
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The traditional enumeration of the corporal works of mercy is as follows:

To feed the hungry;
To give drink to the thirsty;
To clothe the naked;
To harbour the harbourless;
To visit the sick;
To ransom the captive;
To bury the dead.

The spiritual works of mercy are:

To instruct the ignorant;
To counsel the doubtful;
To admonish sinners;
To bear wrongs patiently;
To forgive offences willingly;
To comfort the afflicted;
To pray for the living and the dead.

The link: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10198d.htm

And a random picture:

The flag on top of Granddad's Bluff.

elaine2 ⋅ June 05, 2014

What a nice world this would be if we followed those sensible rules.

M ⋅ June 05, 2014

Awesome photo! Thanks for the lists.

Deleted user ⋅ June 05, 2014

Nice lists. :)

Katren...In Conclusion ⋅ June 05, 2014

Beret ⋅ June 05, 2014

I was baptized catholic. I was brought up catholic. I went to catholic school. I went to church every Sunday and holy day when younger. I know nothing about being catholic. Nothing.

woman in the moon Beret ⋅ June 06, 2014

I was raised catholic too. I went to a one room (public) elementary school and a catholic high school. My kids are baptized but I never went back to church after that. I do though have an admiration for the church, for its beauty, for its teachings, for its intellectualism. There is a fair amount of there, there. Of course there are abuses too and it's only as good as its practitioners, etc, etc. But still.....