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By Elie Wiesel, Stella Rodway, Francois Mauriac
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'$5,000 is not enough'
Pastor tells lottery winner she should give more . . . so she did
Once a Winnipeg woman hit a jackpot of $1.8 million in the Super 7 and
decided to give the Church $5,000. Her pastor, Father Darrin Gurr,
rejected the offering because it wasn't generous enough.
"I'm sorry but I cannot accept your gift," he told the woman. "If I
accept your gift I probably would be doing malpractice because I would
be giving you the impression that you are being generous. This is not
generosity; this is a token gift."
He suggested the woman give around five per cent of her earnings to
the Church and a similar amount to the community. His fellow priests
thought he was crazy to reject the woman's gift.
But to their surprise, the woman returned a couple of weeks later
with a cheque for $80,000 for the church. And she gave an additional
$80,000 to inner city charities to fund a two-day food basket for
street people.
She found joy
The woman told Gurr that after she gave generously she found joy and
felt free. Six months later she hit the jackpot again, this time for
$600,000. "The more we give generously, the more we know God's
generosity."
This just show's that God can work through any situation.
Bop it, twist it, pull it, pay it!
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