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Charities Sunday

October 31, 2011 By Bishop Kevin J. Farrell

“Charity is love received and given.”
CARITAS IN VERITATE, Pope Benedict XVI

These words of the Holy Father remind us of a truth that is sometimes overlooked, namely, that in giving we receive. Or as Shakespeare wrote of mercy, “it is twice blest. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.” (From The Merchant of Venice.)

“Charity is love received and given.”
CARITAS IN VERITATE, Pope Benedict XVI

These words of the Holy Father remind us of a truth that is sometimes overlooked, namely, that in giving we receive. Or as Shakespeare wrote of mercy, “it is twice blest. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.” (From The Merchant of Venice.)
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Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell was appointed Seventh Bishop of Dallas on March 6, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
   
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