How to give, receive and recognize gifts

OSV News editor-in-chief Gretchen Crowe reflects on the nature of gift and on three virtues that help us to give gifts, to receive gifts and to appreciate the gifts given to others. And it is humility that allows us to recognize everything

‘God loves a cheerful giver’

This verse from 2 Corinthians has been on my mind lately as I have been contemplating the concept and practice of generosity. A fruit of the Holy Spirit, a generous nature is achieved when one is doing the will of God and

Six tips for developing a generous heart

Let’s start with how, in late 16th-century France, a Latin word slid into a French term. What? Stick with me now. Maybe we tend to fiddle with the word “generous” — as in “developing a generous heart” — and like to get