"In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it to me."

Matthew 25:40

"You are not making a gift of your possessions to the poor person.

You are handing over to them what is theirs."

Saint Ambrose.

“Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people…it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good.”

St Pope John Paul II: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis 1987 #38