“As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.” GivingAbleCan DoSinWrittenManualsAlmsManual Work Author:Poemen
“We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. "If we can just make enough money to-to- !" Jesus said: "Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth."” PeopleIfsGivingSaidEnoughJesusHeavenRaceMaterialsIncreaseMadSellsTreasureBagsThievesConsumerismOverconsumptionMothsAlms Author:Eugenia Price
“I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.” GivingEnoughPoorGenerosityAlms Book:Thus spake Zarathustra Source: Thus spake Zarathustra
“If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.” IfsGivingShouldEarthSufficientAvariceAlmsDeprivingDepriving Yourself Author:John Vianney
“Have you been working on Sunday? Have you been buying or selling without necessity in the course of this holy day? Give to the poor some alms which will exceed the profit you have made.” GivingMadeCoursesPoorHolyProfitSellingBuyingSundayExceedAlmsHoly Days Author:John Vianney
“Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own wages, which so often they squander on trifles? If this has happened to you, do not forget that you are obliged to pay back to the person concerned all that you gave to the poor without the knowledge or consent of your employers. Then again, there is the one who has been entrusted by his employer with the supervision of the staff, or of workmen, who gives out wine and all sorts of other things to them if they ask him.” PeopleIfsGivingShouldPersonsHas BeensOrderAsksForgetPoorPayHappenedConcernedWineStaffConsentWagesEmployersObligedTriflesCharitableWorkmenAlmsSupervision Author:John Vianney
“Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .” IfsKnowsGivingPayKnow HowAlms Author:John Vianney
“Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus Christ tells us that a glass of water would not go unrewarded. You see, therefore, my children, that although we may be quite poor, we can still easily give alms.” GivingMayChildrenStillsJesusChristWaterPoorJesus ChristSightCharityDearGlassesMy ChildrenMotiveAlms Author:John Vianney
“Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get.” GivingDeedsVirtuousAlms Author:Leo Tolstoy