WHAT IS

CHARITY AFTER ALL?

CLAUDIA NUNES

JAN 2014

WHAT IS CHARITY?• CHARITY (PRACTICE), THE PRACTICE OF BENEVOLENT GIVING AND CARING

• CHARITY (VIRTUE), THE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF UNLIMITED LOVE AND KINDNESS

• PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY IN PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC

• TZEDAKAH, A HEBREW CONCEPT COMMONLY USED TO SIGNIFY CHARITY

• ZAKAH, THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF MANDATORY ALMS-GIVING, OFTEN TRANSLATED AS "CHARITY"

• SADAQAH, THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF VOLUNTARY ALMS-GIVING, OFTEN TRANSLATED AS "CHARITY"

• ALTRUISM

• ALMS SOURCE WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM

• THE VOLUNTARY GIVING OF HELP, TYPICALLY IN THE FORM OF MONEY, TO THOSE IN NEED.

• SYNONYMS: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AID, WELFARE, RELIEF, FINANCIAL RELIEF;

• PHILANTHROPY, HUMANITARIANISM, HUMANITY, ALTRUISM, PUBLIC-SPIRITEDNESS, SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, BENEVOLENCE, BENEFICENCE, MUNIFICENCE

• AN ORGANIZATION SET UP TO PROVIDE HELP AND RAISE MONEY FOR THOSE IN NEED.

• SYNONYMS: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION, CHARITABLE INSTITUTION; FUND, TRUST, FOUNDATION;

SOURCE WWW.GOOGLE.COM

WHAT CAN WE DONATE AS CHARITY?• MONEY?

• FOOD?

• CLOTHES, UTENSILS, TOYS?

• NEW OR UNUSED

• USED

• DIRTY

• BLOOD?

• TIME (VOLUNTEERING)?

• RECYCLING?

• PATIENCE?

• RESPECT?

• KIND RESPONSES?

SO…….

WHAT IS CHARITY FOR YOU?

• TAKE A SECOND DO REFLECT WHAT IS CHARITY FOR YOU….

• ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU CURRENTLY DO?

• DO YOU SEE THE BENEFITS IT CAN BRING TO OTHERS?

• CAN YOU ALREADY SEE THE CHALLENGES (BENEFITS) THAT IT BRINGS TO YOU?

• IS YOUR FAMILY INVOLVED ON THE INITIATIVE OF YOUR CHOICE?

• WHAT WOULD JESUS DO IN YOUR SHOES?

SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

• ANIMALS PROTECTOR

• RENOUNCED THE INHERITANCE OF HIS FATHER

• HUMILITY AND OBEDIENCE

• GREATEST PRIVILEGE: NOT ENJOYING ANY PRIVILEGE

• INTROSPECTED UPON HIS OWN LIFE

• RESTORED SEVERAL RUINED CHURCHES

• FOUNDED THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR

• FOUNDED THE ORDER OF POOR DAMES

• SHARED HIS KNOWLEDGE

POPE FRANCIS

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=UEBCG9HUTII

• HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2013/11/26/WORLD/EUROPE/POPE-FRANCIS-DISFIGURED-MAN/

LE Q 866. WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF THE WORD CHARITY AS EMPLOYED BY JESUS?• "BENEVOLENCE FOR EVERY ONE, INDULGENCE FOR THE IMPERFECTIONS OF OTHERS,

FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES."

• LOVE AND CHARITY ARE THE COMPLEMENT OF THE LAW OF JUSTICE; FOR, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR IS TO DO HIM ALL THE, GOOD IN OUR POWER, ALL THAT WE SHOULD WISH TO HAVE DONE TO OURSELVES.

• CHARITY, ACCORDING TO JESUS, IS NOT RESTRICTED TO ALMS-GIVING, BUT EMBRACES ALL OUR RELATIONS WITH OUR FELLOW-MEN WHETHER OUR INFERIORS, OUR EQUALS, OR OUR SUPERIORS. IT PRESCRIBES INDULGENCE ON OUR PART, BECAUSE WE NEED THE SAME OURSELVES; IT FORBIDS US TO HUMILIATE THE UNFORTUNATE, AS IS TOO OFTEN DONE. HOW MANY, WHO ARE READY TO LAVISH RESPECT AND ATTENTIONS ON THE RICH, APPEAR TO THINK IT NOT WORTH THEIR WHILE TO BE CIVIL TO THE POOR; AND YET, THE MORE PITIABLE THE SITUATION OF THE LATTER, THE MORE SCRUPULOUSLY SHOULD WE REFRAIN FROM ADDING HUMILIATION TO MISFORTUNE. HE WHO IS REALLY KIND ENDEAVOURS TO RAISE HIS INFERIOR IN HIS OWN ESTIMATION, BY DIMINISHING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

WHAT IS YOUR PASSION?

WORLD CHARITY

• DO YOU WANT TO HELP EVERYBODY?

• HOW CAN YOU ASSIST PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD?

• WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED?

• DID YOU COME WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THIS JOB?

• CAN YOU FUNDRAISE?

• GREAT CAUSES AND GREAT HELP

VIRTUAL CHARITY• TEACHES PEOPLE TO START BEING CHARITABLE

• DONATING YOUR TIME AS A COUNCILOR

• PHONE /HOT LINES OF ASSISTANCE

• PRAYER

SOCIAL CHARITY

• FOOD PANTRY

• SOUP KITCHENS

• CARAVANS OF LOVE

• COUNSELING

• VOLUNTEERING AS A TEACHER AID IN SCHOOL

AWAKENING CHARITY

• WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CHARITY WORK ASSISTS IN YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.

• HOW CAN YOU WALK IN THAT DIRECTION FASTER.

• HOW TO BRING CHARITY INTO YOUR HOME, JOB, AND DAY TO DAY LIFE

• ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE A LONG LOOK INSIDE OF YOURSELF AND LEARN

FORGIVENESS

• CORINTHIANS 2.14 TO 2.17

• I AM GRATEFUL THAT GOD ALWAYS MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR CHRIST TO LEAD US TO VICTORY…

• GOD THINKS OF US AS PERFUME THAT BRINGS CHRIST TO EVERYONE…

• NO ONE REALLY HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS WORK…

• WE ARE GOD’S SINCERE MESSENGERS, AND BY THE POWER OF CHRIST WE SPEAK OUR MESSAGE WITH GOD AS OUR WITNESS.

SELF CHARITY

• CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

• WITHIN OUR BODY

• OUR HOME FOR OUR SPIRIT WHILE INCARNATED

• UNDERSTANDING OUR FLAWS AND OUR VIRTUES

• SEE THE REAL YOU

• LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, AND WORK TO IMPROVE WHAT YOU DO NOT LIKE

NATURAL LAWS• LE Q 648. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DIVISION OF NATURAL LAW INTO TEN PARTS?

1. ADORATION

2. LABOUR

3. REPRODUCTION

4. PRESERVATION

5. SOCIETY

6. EQUALITY

7. LIBERTY,

8. JUSTICE,

9. LOVE, AND

10.CHARITY

• "THE DIVISION OF THE LAW OF GOD INTO TEN PARTS IS THAT OF MOSES, AND MAY BE MADE TO INCLUDE ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE, WHICH IS THE ESSENTIAL POINT. YOU MAY THEREFORE ADOPT IT, WITHOUT ITS BEING HELD TO HAVE ANY ABSOLUTE VALUE, ANY MORE THAN THE VARIOUS OTHER SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION WHICH DEPEND ON THE ASPECT UNDER WHICH THE SUBJECT IS CONSIDERED. THE LAST OF THOSE PARTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT; BECAUSE THE LAW OF CHARITY INCLUDES ALL THE OTHERS, AND IT IS THEREFORE THROUGH THE OBSERVANCE OF THIS LAW THAT MANKIND ADVANCES MOST RAPIDLY IN SPIRITUAL LIFE."

The Law of Charity includes ALL

Without charity,there is no salvation

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