beneficence: [buh-nef-uh-suhns]

1.	the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.

2.	a beneficent act or gift; benefaction.

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[Origin: 1425–75; late ME <>beneficentia; see benefic, -ence]

(from dictionary.com)

From Meyer:

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,.., and thy neighbour as thyself.... But he said, And who is my neighbour?"-- Luk_10:27-29.

WE CANNOT live alone. No one of us can be entirely independent of others. I am not only a centre, but I am part of another man's circumference; and every other man, woman or child I know is part of my circumference. We are members one of another. In other words, we all have neighbours; and a complete human life, which has windows opening to the Infinite Creator, must have doors opening on the street towards our finite fellow-creatures.

As a teacher with so many students, this seems especially relevant. sometimes i wonder about the rate in which i judge people and react to them, so this hopefully will remind me and caution me that i'm supposed to treat them as my neighbour (even when they're being so rude etc) and look for ways to love them and help them. May God grant me the willingness to obey his word even when it feels impossible