Generosity
A Catholic Bible study: Generosity.
The plan is free to read here. In the app it arrives one day at a time, with the full passage and audio.
What the plan covers
- Day 16 min
The Cheerful Giver — Generosity as a Condition of the Heart
The Greek word behind "cheerful" in Paul's famous instruction is hilaros — the root of our English word hilarious. Not f
- Day 26 min
Open Hands — The Abundance Hidden in Small Gifts
Jesus' imagery in Luke 6:38 is drawn from the marketplace — the grain merchant who does not merely fill the measure but
- Day 36 min
Generosity as Worship — The Living Sacrifice
The Old Testament understanding of sacrifice was physical and costly: an animal brought to the altar, its life given, th
- Day 46 min
Giving in the Face of Scarcity — The Faith of the Widow
God has a particular fondness for asking things of people who have almost nothing. The widow of Zarephath had enough flo
- Day 56 min
Generosity That Builds Community — The Economy of the Early Church
The picture of the early Church in Acts 2 is one of the most radical social experiments in human history: people from ev
- Day 66 min
The Generosity of Forgiveness — Giving the Gift No One Deserves
Forgiveness is the most demanding form of generosity, because it gives something genuinely costly to someone who has not
- Day 76 min
A Life Marked by Generosity — Treasure in Heaven
Jesus does not ask us to be uninterested in treasure. He asks us to be very thoughtful about where we put it. The moth-a