Coming to the support of orphans and widows

“Be like a father to the fatherless and as good as a husband to their mothers. And you will be like a child to the Most High, who will love you more than your own mother does.” Sirach 4:10

If we are able to love orphans and widows in the same way as we do the members of our own families, God assures us of His undying favour. He tells us that we will be like His very own children and that He will love us with a most tender love, far greater than the love our own mother has for us. How blessed we are if we can put this into practice, having received the grace to see Jesus in them!