Any time is the right time for works of charity, but these days of Lent provide a special encouragement. During this holy season, let us now extend to the poor and those afflicted in different ways a more open-handed generosity, so that God may be thanked through many voices and the relief of the needy supported by our fasting. No act of devotion on the part of the person gives God more pleasure than that which is lavished on his poor children.
In these acts of giving do not fear a lack of means. A generous spirit is itself great wealth. There can be no shortage of material for generosity where it is Christ who feeds and Christ who is fed.
The giver of alms should be free from anxiety and full of joy. His gain will be greatest when he keeps back least for himself. - (From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great).
In these acts of giving do not fear a lack of means. A generous spirit is itself great wealth. There can be no shortage of material for generosity where it is Christ who feeds and Christ who is fed.
The giver of alms should be free from anxiety and full of joy. His gain will be greatest when he keeps back least for himself. - (From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great).
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