Oct 19, 2026 · 54 min · 11 segments
🎧 **About the Episode:** In this episode of *Inspired Changemakers*, Julia Healey sits down with Father Paul Grankauskas, Pastor of St. Bridget of Ireland Catholic Parish in Berryville, Virginia…
And I love the part specifically when you're like, sometimes, cause you know, I may be a type A person and I may have my own schedule of things.
Cause you know, he has his own plans and then you have to like, and then you're like, no, that's not what you're saying to me.
And sometimes if we don't feel it, somebody says something to us that we're like, oh, just because I think we were talking about it the other day in your homily, you said something about if, you know, a person says something to you, listen, right? Like listen to what they're saying to you.
If, if not bring it to the church, if not all the things, but it was so funny because I just went through a scenario where I wasn't my, I was telling you, I wasn't my best self and somebody called me out on it.
You know, I, as I, that's the one thing i love about being catholic we have things that like can really help us which rosaries and confession are like the two right like those are like the two catholic gems um but it's so funny how god can talk to us in just so many different ways d so let's talk about tithing a little bit right um why is it so important for people to keep giving specifically to their church and their religious beliefs
And I think the desire to want to give begins with the fact that God has blessed me.
And because of that, I want to give something of what I have to those who may not have it.
Well, from a faith perspective, tithing, I think, is an act of thanksgiving.
Because if we are looking at it from a spiritual standpoint, you realize, right, it is God who has blessed me.
then the idea of tithing is taking a portion of what I'm given and saying, I want to give it back.
And how do I do that? Well, I support the work of the church, right? Because, right, that's where my desire to, you know, that's where I encounter the living God.
And so, yeah, I want to be able to support the work of the church and all.
And I love the part specifically when you're like, sometimes, cause you know, I may be a type A person and I may have my own schedule of things.
Cause you know, he has his own plans and then you have to like, and then you're like, no, that's not what you're saying to me.
And sometimes if we don't feel it, somebody says something to us that we're like, oh, just because I think we were talking about it the other day in your homily, you said something about if, you know, a person says something to you, listen, right? Like listen to what they're saying to you.
If, if not bring it to the church, if not all the things, but it was so funny because I just went through a scenario where I wasn't my, I was telling you, I wasn't my best self and somebody called me out on it.
You know, I, as I, that's the one thing i love about being catholic we have things that like can really help us which rosaries and confession are like the two right like those are like the two catholic gems um but it's so funny how god can talk to us in just so many different ways d so let's talk about tithing a little bit right um why is it so important for people to keep giving specifically to their church and their religious beliefs
And I think the desire to want to give begins with the fact that God has blessed me.
And because of that, I want to give something of what I have to those who may not have it.
Well, from a faith perspective, tithing, I think, is an act of thanksgiving.
Because if we are looking at it from a spiritual standpoint, you realize, right, it is God who has blessed me.
then the idea of tithing is taking a portion of what I'm given and saying, I want to give it back.
And how do I do that? Well, I support the work of the church, right? Because, right, that's where my desire to, you know, that's where I encounter the living God.
And so, yeah, I want to be able to support the work of the church and all.
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