nurses

¹³in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive.

²And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the infirm.

³⁵For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ ³⁷Then the just will answer him, saying: ‘Lord, when have we seen you hungry, and fed you; thirsty, and given you drink? ³⁸And when have we seen you a stranger, and taken you in? Or naked, and covered you? ³⁹Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit to you?’ ⁴⁰And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’

⁷But as for you, be strengthened, and do not let your hands be weakened. For there will be a reward for your work.”

¹²Could I have conceived this entire multitude, or have given birth to them, so that you might say to me: Carry them in your bosom, as a nursemaid usually carries a little infant, and bring them into the land, about which you have sworn to their fathers?

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

⁷And the sister of the boy said to her: “If you wish, I will go and call to you a Hebrew woman, who will be able nurse the infant.”

⁷Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.

¹²May the Lord repay you for your work, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you have come, and under whose wings you have taken refuge.”

²²A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.

¹⁷Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?

¹But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves.