Salvation:

Salvation is simply trusting God to manage our sins, just as we trust him to manage the supply of air we breathe, the movement of atoms throughout the cosmos or the rising of the sun. Of the thousands of ways of attempting to attain true freedom from guilt and authentic peace, the only workable one is totally trusting the Lord.

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Works of charity, almsgiving, are in effect a way for the rich to shirk their obligation to work for justice and a means of soothing their conscience, while preserving their own status and robbing the poor of their rights.

- Pope Benedict XVI (Deus Caritas Est - God is Love, #26)