taking care of siblings

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he responded: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

¹⁷Whoever is a friend loves at all times. And a brother is proved by distress.

²Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.

¹⁶We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers. 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? ¹⁸My little sons, let us not love in words only, but in works and in truth.

⁴⁸But responding to the one speaking to him, he said, “Which one is my mother, and who are my brothers?” ⁴⁹And extending his hand to his disciples, he said: “Behold: my mother and my brothers. ⁵⁰For anyone who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

¹A Canticle in steps: of David. Behold, how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to dwell in unity.

²⁰If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see? ²¹And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.

¹⁶She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God. ¹⁷Whichever land will receive you dying, in the same I will die, and there I will have the place of my burial. May God cause these things to happen to me, and add more also, if anything except death alone should separate you and I.”

⁸And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble,

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

⁴But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.

³⁴I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another. ³⁵By this, all shall recognize that you are my disciples: if you will have love for one another.”

⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

⁴⁴And then all who believed were together, and they held all things in common. ⁴⁵They were selling their possessions and belongings, and dividing them to all, just as any of them had need.

¹⁵And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and provisions to her maids.

²⁶Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.” ²⁷Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.

¹³And you, brothers, do not grow weak in doing good.

¹⁰Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.

⁸But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins. ⁹Show hospitality to one another without complaining. ¹⁰Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.