St. Peter spent all the money he possessed in delivering Christians from captivity. He was one of the cofounders of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy.

O God Who, after the example of Thy charity, didst divinely teach holy Peter to render Thy Church fruitful in a new progeny for the redemption of the faithful; grant through his intercession, that being loosed from our sins we may enjoy perpetual liberty in our heavenly country. ~Collect

“Hope in the Lord,” saith the Prophet, “and do good, and inhabit the land, and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof.” ~Imitation: Book I

Ideal: This very busy man was asked in a vision by God to help found a religious order for the ransom of captives. That would take a great deal of time, but he managed it very nicely, chiefly because he loved God so much that he didn’t feel he was working extra at all.

Today: Do you ever say, when asked to do a kindness “Well, really if I had time,” etc.? Think of your fellow men as “other Christs” when they ask you a favor and you will scarcely refuse them anything within the bounds of right principle.

Slogan: Whatever you have done to the least of these My brethren you have done unto Me.

~A Character Calendar
Sister Mary Fidelis, Sister Mary Charitas
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