Compassion is at least as key in education as in almsgiving. |
After Richard's death in 1199, Berengaria lived on her dower lands at Le Mans, France, where she was famed for her almsgiving. |
There are three traditional focuses for our Lenten observance and they are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. |
Of course, there are other forms of almsgiving than money, such as time and talent. |
In this theater almsgiving is rewarded by trumpet fanfare, prayer is a public parade, and the discomfort of fasting is a spectacle. |
Venial sins were to be cleansed by daily use of the Lord's Prayer and by almsgiving. |