| After Richard's death in 1199, Berengaria lived on her dower lands at Le Mans, France, where she was famed for her almsgiving. |
| The spiritual practices of almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are to move us closer to God, not farther from each other. |
| There are three traditional focuses for our Lenten observance and they are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. |
| One dimension of Lent that tends to get pushed to the side is the practice of almsgiving. |
| In this theater almsgiving is rewarded by trumpet fanfare, prayer is a public parade, and the discomfort of fasting is a spectacle. |
| When he considered this, he was uneasy, because his habit of almsgiving could not well proceed. |
