One’s almsgiving is like a signet ring with the Lord,’ says Sirach 17:22, ‘and he will keep a person’s kindness like the ...

Not every Christian tradition has continued this abstinence ... of us to recognize the main purpose of this form of abstinence: almsgiving. Historically, those who could afford to eat meat and ...

Lent, one of the most significant periods in the Christian liturgical calendar ... fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, leading up to the celebration of Easter on April 20. The duration of Lent ...