In our continued journey through the Mass we now come to a familiar place, the support offering. As mentioned before, our offering has several facets. We offer our praise, our thanks, our financial support to the mission of the Church and ultimately, we offer our hearts, our very lives to the Lord. Folks at our parish have always been very generous. I do not recall ever needing to encourage financial giving. Perhaps they have figured out a solid truth. You cannot out give God! “Give and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down and flowing offer it shall be given unto you”, Jesus said. Jesus introduces us to the “seed principle”. Your generosity in giving, (all types of giving) is like seed planted and nurtured. It yields a return 30, 60 or 100 times as much back to the giver. A good way to do this is to arrive at an amount to regularly give every week. Many do. If you are not, you perhaps should consider it. It’s another way to say to the Lord, “I trust you to bless my finances and to supply my needs.” Give it some prayer and thought. Yours in Christ our Lord, Fr. Sid.