The widow Sofia pleased God with her prayers, fasting, and almsgiving. |
There are three traditional focuses for our Lenten observance and they are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. |
Venial sins were to be cleansed by daily use of the Lord's Prayer and by almsgiving. |
Compassion is at least as key in education as in almsgiving. |
In this theater almsgiving is rewarded by trumpet fanfare, prayer is a public parade, and the discomfort of fasting is a spectacle. |
When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. |