OFFERTORY THOUGHT Sept 13, 2009

James writes: “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift is from above.” He says plainly that generosity comes from God. It is a gift of faith. We might think the opposite of being generous is being stingy, but in truth I think people who are stingy are afraid. They cannot trust anyone other than themselves to put their money to good use. People are not stingy because they are mean; they are stingy because they are faithless.