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| Sister Kateri Theriault Mission Integration |
One of the keys to Lenten conversion is almsgiving, a word seldom heard except in church, which might be apt because while altruism can often be found among all good people, there is something more here than acts of charity. In his First Letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul says, “If I give away everything I own . . . but do not have love, I gain nothing.” It is the love, your attitude toward the other, not the thing given or even the sacrifice in giving that matters; it is the love that must motivate the gesture. It’s not only, “Shall I give this person a few dollars?” but also, “shall I—can I—love them?”
TODAY’S READINGS: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 16:19-31 (233)
“I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart, to reward everyone according to his ways.”
CONTRIBUTORS
Alice Camille,
Daniel Grippo, Father Larry Janowski, O.F.M., Ann O’Connor, Siobhán O’Neill,
Joel Schorn, Patrice J. Tuohy, Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M.
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