Faith Without Works is Dead

For John, BLUF:  Our Love of God should result in action.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Here is the Second Reading (Epistle of Saint James, 2:14-18):

What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone says he has faith but does not have works?
Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear
and has no food for the day,
and one of you says to them,
"Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well, "
but you do not give them the necessities of the body,
what good is it?
So also faith of itself,
if it does not have works, is dead.

Indeed someone might say,
"You have faith and I have works."
Demonstrate your faith to me without works,
and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

From a Sermons by Saint Peter Chrysologus, we have the concept that "Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives".  In my mind mercy and works merge and are actions that represent our faith in action.

Regards  —  Cliff