"Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own, even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover more than words."
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was born around the year 315. He is one of my patron saints at work since I run the Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Program. (The other is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.) Cyril was well educated and became a priest, ordained by Saint Maximus. He was a great teacher to the catechumens and Cyril's instructions are still the source documents as the Church's early teachings. He became bishop of Jerusalem in 348. He was exiled three times by the Arians. He attended the Council of Seleucia in 359 and the Council of Constantinople in 381. He is a Father and Doctor of the Church. He died of natural causes in 386.
"A man may even be justified by money: I was hungry, and you gave Me to eat (Matthew 25:35-36): that certainly was from money. I was naked, and you clothed Me: that certainly was by money. And would you learn that money may become a door of the kingdom of heaven? Sell, says He, that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven."
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