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Second Reading for Common of Holy Men and Women

James 2:14-17

Summary: Faith without action is meaningless. If we claim to have faith but ignore those in need, our faith is lifeless and incomplete.

Faith Without Works Is Dead

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?

So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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