Almsgiving

The third BIG TREE is almsgiving / charity.

This is related with Fasting.
When we sacrifice, we also use the material blessings or any gifts that God gives to help others.
This is to complete the whole Spiritual Exercise to have deeper intimacy with God.

This is what I read in Catholic News.
When God has given us more, God expected us to do more.
For eg, when God has given us more material blessings, we are expected to be more generous to others.
when God has given us certain talents, we are expected to share it to bring others to God.
And by doing that, we are not entitled for any honour.

If we give more from our limitations, perhaps we give our time to others who need our attention or help even  our time is already limited, that's what God really honour us.

Almsgiving is a kinda of faith and love. The opposite is anxiety when we are worried if we are too generous to others, it won't be enough for ourselves.

So again, we need to ask God's grace to help us to be generous as God is so generous to us.