![]() ![]() Almsgiving is a worthy offering in the sight of the Most High for all who practice it.” Tobit 4:7-11 ![]() For almsgiving delivers from death and keeps one from entering into Darkness. If you have great wealth, give alms out of your abundance if you have but little, do not be afraid to give alms even of that little. You will be storing up a goodly treasure for yourself against the day of adversity. Do not turn your face away from any of the poor, so that God’s face will not be turned away from you. Six years in a row, I used to give a second tithe in money, which each year I would go to pay in Jerusalem.” Tobit 1:6-7 To the Levites ministering in Jerusalem I used to give the tithe of grain, wine, olive oil, pomegranates, figs, and other fruits. Bringing with me the first fruits of crops, the firstlings of the flock, the tithes of livestock, and the first shearings of sheep, I used to hasten to Jerusalem and present them to the priests, Aaron’s sons, at the altar. “But I alone used to go often to Jerusalem for the festivals, as was prescribed for all Israel by longstanding decree. Raphael for the Financial Provision of our Our Lady of Mount Carmel Retreat and Center for Spiritual Formation ![]()
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