Jesus condemned the Pharisees for making a show of their acts of charity. He taught us that the right hand should not let the left hand know what it is doing.
All this bragging on what the church is doing, has gotten its reward in this world from the attention it has gotten.
There's none left in heaven for those who flaunt their good works for attention.
NO..............to correct you, it is NOT bragging, just telling the TRUTH. The King would be very pleased.
So Protestants can slander the Church for "wasting" money on churches while skimping on charity, but Catholics can't respond with facts?
Are those your rules?
“All this bragging”
How deceitful. These things are brought up, in response to criticism, in the attempt to explain one simple fact of life: if you want to do good on a large scale over the long term, you must have large-scale assets.
Oh, and God deserves our best, and it should be clear that a place of worship is a very special place.
Selah.
Eject.