| After Richard's death in 1199, Berengaria lived on her dower lands at Le Mans, France, where she was famed for her almsgiving. |
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| When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. |
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| There are three traditional focuses for our Lenten observance and they are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. |
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| Venial sins were to be cleansed by daily use of the Lord's Prayer and by almsgiving. |
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| One dimension of Lent that tends to get pushed to the side is the practice of almsgiving. |
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| The spiritual practices of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are to move us closer to God, not farther from each other. |
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| In this theater almsgiving is rewarded by trumpet fanfare, prayer is a public parade, and the discomfort of fasting is a spectacle. |
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| If the heart is not inspired by sincerity in bestowing alms then almsgiving becomes mere display. |
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| Of course, there are other forms of almsgiving than money, such as time and talent. |
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| He calls for total submission to His commandments through obedience, prayer, almsgiving, fasting and a pilgrimage to Mecca in one's lifetime. |
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| Finally, they value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting. |
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| Such moments are accompanied by prayer, rituals, sacrifices, reading of the Scriptures, fasting, pilgrimages and almsgiving. |
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| In my almsgiving, make me a grain of rice that in the company of others, my gifts may feed a starving world. |
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| Fasting, prayer, almsgiving and other practices traditionally indicate this transformation. |
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| For the holy month culminates in a prescribed annual almsgiving, amounting to a tax on one's wealth and property, to be distributed in the coming year to those in need. |
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| On the other hand, Jesus points out that if believers faithfully practice almsgiving, prayer, and fasting then an unstated heavenly reward awaits them. |
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| He was in charge of the care of church property and almsgiving. |
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| Compassion is at least as key in education as in almsgiving. |
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| The widow Sofia pleased God with her prayers, fasting, and almsgiving. |
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| He encouraged devotion to the Host as well as daily almsgiving. |
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| Returning to almsgiving considered as a divine right on the rich for the poor. |
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| The centurion Cornelius sowed almsgiving and good deeds and reaped the blessing of salvation of himself and his family. |
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| In the late 19th century Britain's tax authorities tried unilaterally to narrow the definition to something closer to almsgiving. |
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| But none surpassed John Chrysostom in his eloquent, moving, and repeated insistence on almsgiving. |
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| Her journey was attended by almsgiving and pious works and was distinguished by her church foundations at Jerusalem and at Bethlehem. |
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| It lends 5 importance to the exercise of almsgiving in the religious life of believers. |
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| The community had to see, in public weeping, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, clear symbols of repentance so that the reclamation of the individual could be entire. |
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| These included fasting, wearing sackcloth, lying in ashes and other forms of mortification, almsgiving, and the threat of temporary excommunication. |
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| In reality, almsgiving goes back spiritually to the primordial nakedness of man who comes naked into this world and also leaves it, deprived of everything. |
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| While he's often lauded for frequent almsgiving, Francis is occasionally misinterpreted and, in some cases, misattributed. |
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| Sacramentals include the use of holy water, incense, vestments, candles, exorcisms, anointing and making the sign of the cross, fasting, abstinence, and almsgiving. |
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| Monks are a constant source of fascination for visitors to Luang Prabang, especially during the early morning almsgiving ceremonies. |
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| Thus one understands the Israelites' preoccupation with justice, almsgiving, and the passing of laws to make social solidarity a reality in their land. |
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