GUIDING PRINCIPLE

WHEN YOU GIVE SOMETHING TO A NEEDY PERSON, DO NOT MAKE A BIG SHOW OF IT,  AS THE HYPOCRITES DO IN THE HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND IN THE STREETS. THEY DO IT SO THAT PEOPLE WILL PRAISE THEM. I ASSURE YOU, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID IN FULL. BUT WHEN YOU HELP A NEEDY PERSON, DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVEN YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND WILL NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. THEN IT WILL BE A PRIVATE MATTER. AND YOUR FATHER, WHO SEES WHAT YOU DO IN PRIVATE, WILL REWARD YOU.

(Matthew 6: 2-4)