MP 056: To Tithe or Not to Tithe
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2016
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
"…Do good, be rich in good deeds, and be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." - 1 Timothy 6:18-19
Where we spend our money is a very personal decision. The fruits of our labors are important, and where our money goes reflects our values. Giving money away is where the rubber hits the road in our relationship with God. How much do we recognize that we are dependent on Him? Do we really give Him all we have? Using part of our hard-earned money to serve the Lord is a reflection that our lives are given to Him. Listen in to hear our philosophy, but also some practical advice on how to discern what God is calling us to in tithing some of our resources to the service of His Kingdom.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm Alicia Hernan. |
| 0:09.7 | And as we've said many times before, we are far from experts, but we're sharing some of the insights from our ups and downs, from our failures, as well as, you know, just different things that we've learned over the years. |
| 0:22.7 | Over the past 22 years of marriage. |
| 0:27.1 | Yes, 22 years of marriage and 10 kids ranging from 21 to 3. |
| 0:33.9 | Four. |
| 0:34.9 | She was four in August. |
| 0:36.3 | So, you know, it's only been like a month or so. |
| 0:39.5 | So anyway, today we have a great topic to talk about. |
| 0:43.2 | You've been asked about this. |
| 0:44.2 | Yeah, it's also how the Holy Spirit works because we came up with this topic |
| 0:47.5 | ourselves. |
| 0:48.5 | And then we had two people request it very soon after we had started thinking about doing it. So were people reading |
| 0:55.9 | our emails? Is this part of the Big Brother program? I mean, what the heck? We're being spied upon. |
| 1:01.6 | But the topic is tithing or giving to the Lord. To tithe or not to tie? That is the question. |
| 1:08.5 | Which is giving money away. |
| 1:11.8 | Basically, we want to talk about that. |
| 1:13.3 | True. |
| 1:13.6 | So don't worry, we're not asking for money. |
| 1:15.9 | Not for us, anyway. |
| 1:18.0 | Okay, so let's go ahead and pray. |
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