Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent Matthew 15:29-37 Perhaps you might have heard about the story of the giving tree: ""Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave..." God we know has always been a giving God who gives what is best for his children.  He causes us to have life. Can we also be a giving Church?  As God is, as children of the Lord, we are called to be such.What are the marks of a giving Church? First, Jesus cared for his flock.  Everywhere, he cured them of their infirmities.  We can also partake of this gift by being genuinely concerned with one another the moment we see th...

Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr John 12:24-26 The readings reflect generous giving.  Taking off from Jesus Christ who can never be outdone in generosity, how do we imitate God's generosity? First, we reap what we sow.  Thin sowing means thing reaping.  The more we sow, the more we reap.  It is better for the God's word to be sown everywhere instead of being thinly sown.  We get what we deserve.  What we give comes back to us. Second, the heart of generous giving is cheerfulness of a heart that gives itself to God. So, let us be cheerful givers, gratuitous in nature, patterning our lives after God who generously gives to us.   We shall earn his abundant reward. Third, the fruits of giving is saving his life for eternity. The abundance is eternal life for us and for those whom we have planted God's good seed.  This is born out of following the Lord even in this life till the next.