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by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2022 | almsgiving, News, parish life, parish volunteer, Practicing Catholic, Volunteer | 0 |
Almsgiving is often equated with donating money to those in need. But don’t overlook the gift of one’s self, said Father Leonard Andrie, pastor of St. Therese in Deephaven.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2022 | 2022, almsgiving, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, David G. Bonagura Jr.'s "The Hope of Lent", fasting, God, Jesus Christ, Lenten sacrifice, News, Prayer, selfish pangs, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
David G. Bonagura, Jr.: That God will deliver us is the hope of Lent. In the midst of the world’s challenges, He will not forsake us.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 25, 2022 | almsgiving, fasting, Kate Soucheray, Lent, News, Practicing Catholic, Soucheray | 0 |
Lent is a time to “push the pause button,” step back and simplify, she said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 19, 2021 | almsgiving, charity, Free Access, News, Opinion, Poverty | 0 |
Angel was in need, and friends were happy to help her, until they discovered that she wasn’t in the need she’d said she was. If you practice the works of mercy, sometimes you’re going to get conned. Practice them anyway.
The post Sometimes You’ll Get Conned appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | almsgiving, Becoming more human through almsgiving, Lent, News | 0 |
“Love ought to show itself more in deeds rather than words.” — St. Ignatius of Loyola
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | almsgiving, Lent, News | 0 |
Most Catholics are intimately aware of the three pillars of Lenten practice — prayer, fasting and almsgiving. And in these unprecedented times that have become the new normal, that call to prayer, fasting and, yes, even almsgiving, remains.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 22, 2021 | almsgiving, Biden, Featured, Immaculate Heart, Lenten, News, Severe weather conditions, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The Catholic bishops of Texas said Feb. 20 that the generosity of their fellow Texans reaching out to help their neighbors, even while they are also managing their own needs during a historic winter storm, “is truly edifying.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 20, 2021 | almsgiving, ash wednesday, Catholic Church, conversion, Daily Reflection, desert, Faith, fasting, Featured, Hope, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Lent, News, practical faith, Prayer, Salvation, surrender, trust | 0 |
An Invitation to Enter the Desert with Christ As we begin the Lenten season today, we are called to enter the desert with Christ; to turn away from sin and towards our God. Many of us realize that we are called to face difficult questions during this p…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | Adoration, almsgiving, confession, Eucharistic Adoration, fasting, Lent, News, novenas, Penance and Reconciliation, Prayer, Sean Sullivan | 0 |
At its core, Christianity is a religion which revolves around suffering. From the beginning of the Scriptures we see how man’s own folly has condemned us to lives filled with suffering, and the long breadth of human history easily quantifies this. Like…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2020 | almsgiving, charity, Coronavirus, COVID-19, fasting, Featured, God, grace, In the Spotlight, Lent, News, Prayer, temperance | 0 |
How many times have you heard people say, “If God really exists, why does He let people get cancer or brain tumors?” Or, “If there really is a God, why does He allow wars and famine?” Or, “Where is God when we need Him most?” Well it occurred to me dur…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 13, 2020 | almsgiving, Lent, News, Poverty, To Home From Rome, Works of Mercy | 0 |
Lent is marked by prayer and fasting, but also “almsgiving,” or works of mercy. Regarding this final category, Christ’s words in Matthew 25:40 are a clear foundation: “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 3, 2020 | almsgiving, conversion, Daily Reflection, detachment, fasting, Featured, Lent, Love, News, obedience, Prayer, sacrifice, self-sacrifice | 0 |
“This day the Lord your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.” (Deuteronomy 26:16) God has loved and blessed us. Each of us has been placed in this li…
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