Tag: almsgiving
Living liturgically means living Lent all year — Jaymie Stuart...
Living liturgically means approaching Lent as a built-in annual retreat. For most Catholics, that takes a time-tested and traditional shape. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving...
Fourth Sunday in Lent: Let’s offer those acts of service to...
It's hard to be generous when you feel like you have nothing left to give.
Have you felt tapped out when trying to follow through...
Almsgiving in these challenging times: ‘We trust that God will provide...
Most Catholics are intimately aware of the three pillars of Lenten practice -- prayer, fasting and almsgiving. And in these unprecedented times that have...
Almsgiving is a way of sharing in God’s work to sustain...
"Love ought to show itself more in deeds rather than words." -- St. Ignatius of Loyola
One of the basic things we do to express...
Giving alms is not just a good idea, it’s our moral...
Lent is a time of sacrifice. We strive to unite ourselves with the suffering of Jesus, walking with him in the desert, agonizing with...
Being generous: Look beyond the financial aspects of almsgiving
A traditional way to approach the Lenten practice of almsgiving is to give from the excess that you create by fasting.
For example, according to...
Prayer, almsgiving, fasting: How to approach Lent as a family
Incorporating children into our Lenten journey can be difficult for parents. I know it was for me, until one year, when I was at...
Ash Wednesday — a kick-start to holiness
When I was in college there was a group of students who didn't always practice their faith, but when Ash Wednesday rolled around all...