#give alms

[justana0kguy]

2023 JUNE 10 Saturday

"Prayer and fasting are good, but better than either is almsgiving accompanied by righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than abundance with wickedness. It is better to give alms than to store up gold; for almsgiving saves one from death and expiates every sin. Those who regularly give alms shall enjoy a full life; but those habitually guilty of sin are their own worst enemies."

~ Tobit 12:7-9

[kapiwwa]

💚❤️🍊

[charmwasjess]

Do we have a favorite tree for Blorbo Supreme?

I keep coming back to mangroves for some reason but also the other day when I was walking along the ponds the big weeping willow also got me thinking about him

THE WEEPING WILLOW 😭⛏️ ughhh why can't I draw that's so perfect for him

I've always associated him with pine trees because @purple-ant writes him smelling faintly like pine needles in her fics, and I've fully accepted that into my head canons. Maybe it's fitting if it is like those conifers that exist in arid climates and live for thousands of years. Something-something-time-resin preserving vibes.

[koredzas]

Domenico di Bartolo - The Bishop Giving Alms and Expansion of the Hospital. 1442 - 1443

[bumblekits]

Shout out to her

[randomnameless]

Is Supreme Leader the worst-written example of the “Evil King/Emperor” archetype in FE?

I'd say the worst written might be Marquis Laus -

But only because FE7 isn't concerned with the Evil King/Emperor Archetype, instead, the main villain is Gharnef !

Bar that, worst written example can only be, imo, Rudy from SoV.

I legit can't find anything positive to say about the guy, who apparently was very worried about the blue people so he sent his only son away in the rival country/state (and sent said son's mom in a monastery/thing?), with the purpose of having his son topple that other country so he can lead an army, in the intercontinental war he will have started, to kill him, become a "hewo" and then kill the lizard turning into goo - something he cannot do himself, despite having killed the lizard with her lesbian harem a few days earlier.

Complete with letting his edgy nephew in the dark, creating a marianna trench rift between his nephew and his son that ends in his nephew losing his remaining sanity by torching his wife - on top of making every Rigelian with half a brain despise his son -

And that was his plan to save the world??

What the actual fuck???

[drjaslaine]

I know People are thinking that Midas is the next one to become a follower and all.

But have ya’ll thought about Ratau being atleast an npc that visits your cult alongside his other friends? Cuz that what I thought of when I saw the Knucklebones board at the trailer you can built in your cult

[lemuseum]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

٢٥ النفس السخية تُسمَّن والمروي اهو ايضًا يُروَى.

Whoever gives to others will get richer; those who help others will themselves be helped. — Proverbs 11:25 | Arabic Bible (Smith & Van Dyke) and New Century Version (NCV) The Arabic Bible, Translated by Smith & Van Dyke (1865) is in the public domain and The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Cross References: 2 Samuel 17:28; Proverbs 3:9-10; Proverbs 11:24; Matthew 5:7; 2 Corinthians 9:6-7

[doccywhomst]

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[the-mercy-workers]

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

George McGovern

[tinyshe]

whaaaaat? in Russell Brand's video, his promo is Hallow app (at mark 11.03) and how it helps him pray the rosary ....

[monimarat]

What’s going on here?

From Esquiros’ Charlotte Corday

[maypoleman1]

26th December

Boxing Day/St Stephen’s Day

Source: The Irish Times website

Today is St Stephen’s Day, also known as Boxing Day. Stephen was the first Christian to be martyred for his faith. In the very early years of Christianity, the new religion was trying to work out its relationship with Judaism, but Stephen boldly trod unequivocal ground when he argued that the new Christian Law as summarised in Jesus’ teachings, should supersede Mosaic Law for believers. This blatant heresy did not go down well with the first century Jewish authorities, who had Stephen stoned to death in AD 35. Before his death, Stephen had been the Apostles’ treasurer and in charge of alms-giving to the poor. This connection then associated his feast day with gift-giving during the Christmas season.

The term “Boxing Day” has nothing to do with Christmas pugilism: rather it is a reference to the boxes carried by the poor after Christmas Day, begging for alms, food and hard cash from the better off. This tradition became popularised in the nineteenth century when the conscientious wealthy would give their domestic servants leave to take the day after Christmas off, and equipped them with gift boxes filled with presents or leftover food from their own Christmas dinners, to take to their families to help them celebrate the holiday. Boxing Day was the favourite day of the festive season on which mumming plays would be performed and Morris Dancers would take to the streets to celebrate Christmas. Today was also the day in which the Hunting the Wren ritual was performed. The wren had a mystical reputation, being viewed as the King of the Birds, but on St Stephen’s Day, it was quite literally fair game for the so-called Wren Boys. The tradition had its origins in the belief that the wren represented winter and its despatch in late December guaranteed the arrival of spring in the following year. The corpse of the tiny bird would be paraded from house to house laid on a wooden platform held aloft by a pole by the Wren Boys, who would sing a carol describing the demise of the bird while also seeking the gift of alms.

[kristailine]

Breaking news

The Kazama Jun/Mishima Kazuya pairing tag finally has 3 PAGES on Archive of Our Own

A great day for the kazujun ao3 fanfic readers. I'm seeing a lot of newly published works and updated works under the tags 🥹

Hoping to see more fanfics to enjoy here until we get official crumbs on Tekken 8 release (altho im setting my expectations low but a girl can dream and hope)

Wanna express some happiness knowing I contributed at least 2 works under the tag AHHHH >.< (Many more to come hopefully)

[levil0vesyou]

Having a post get popular enough to be independently reblogged by someone you follow but aren't mutuals with is. Wild