Salvation is not produced by works; rather, the opposite is true: works are the fruit of an authentic experience of salvation. We have been saved and created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Concrete love for our neighbor, that is, helping the poor and needy, is one of the most widely discussed and repeated subjects in the Bible. If we neglect it, we do so at our own peril.
The first part of this book is autobiographical and recounts the extraordinary experiences of a poor immigrant who miraculously becomes famous. The second part, instead, addresses the theme of the Christian duty to help the poor and needy.