SUMMARY

1. As members of the Church we show our faithfulness, love and thanks to God by giving our time and talents to the Church.  We should also help pay for the expenses of the Church, remembering that God gives us much more than we can ever pay for.

2. We should also be generous in supporting the missionary work of the Church, in giving to deserving causes and to the beautifying of our own parish church.

3. God loves a cheerful giver.

References

1. Tertullian (died c 222 AD) The Apology, chapter xxxix.  Available from: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/tertullian01.html  (Accessed 21 August 2010) (Internet).

2. Dix, G. (1945) The shape of the liturgy, Westminster: Dacre Press.