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Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

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Verse 1. Waters. Sow thy seed where it may produce a good crop. Calmet.—Be charitable to all. Lu. 6:30. Indiscrete faciendum bene. Saint Jerome—Assist those in distress, ( Calmet.) even though they may be ungrateful, or unable to make a return. Lu. 14:12. Tirinus.—In this third part we are exhorted to serve God with perseverance. Of all virtues, the works of mercy avail most. Matthew 25. Worthington.

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