Good Works

Catholics believe salvation comes from faith and good works. Protestants simply believe they’re saved by faith alone.

What are those Works?

Spiritual Works of Mercy:
Forgive offenses
Bear wrongs patiently
Comfort the sorrowful
Counsel the doubtful
instruct the uninformed
Admonish the sinner
Pray for the living & the dead

Corporal Works of Mercy:
Feed the hungry
Give drink to the thirsty
Clothe the naked
Shelter the homeless
Visit the sick
Visit the imprisoned
Bury the dead

A Summary of Christian Life from a Prayer

At the conclusion of the Litany of the Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, a summary exists that can assist in bringing one’s focus back to Christian life:

Almighty, and everlasting God, Who hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son to be
the Redeemer of the world, and hast been pleased to be reconciled unto us by His
Blood, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate with solemn worship the price of
our salvation, that the power thereof may here on earth keep us from all things
hurtful, and the fruit of the same may gladden us for ever hereafter in heaven.
Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.