Almsgiving

Service is our soul!
To provide for hope, our means -
to attain to faith...

So believe, then love,
and out of love, recognize -
thy need to give alms.

Our Lord's poor
makes us rich.
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When you give, make sure you give out of your need and not out of your excess.

So that if the LORD gives you back what you offer to Him, you may benefit both from your charity as well as from the generosity of God.

Do this without your right hand knowing what the left is doing, and do this without your left hand knowing what the right is doing - not out of a desire to be seen but out of a love of doing.

For liberality repels greed.

The Miracle of Sharing

The loaves and fishes
of our good Lord, overruns,
filling every lack...

In much the same way
is our sharing made joyful,
fulfilling our hopes.

God's grace
overruns.
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True Giving

The happy giver
gives as our LORD gives, and so -
multiplies the gift...

But he who gives not
with the gifts of a giver
only but subtracts.

True giving
IS the gift.
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