Gospel: Luke 21:1-4
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy
people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow
putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in
more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their
surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her
whole livelihood.”
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Reflection:
Do you know that you cannot outdo God’s
generosity? Do you know that the more you give that more that you would receive?
Many generous people including the poor widow who gave her whole livelihood
knows all about this. Perhaps this is not the first time that the poor woman in
our gospel offered her whole livelihood to the treasury.
Maybe she has been doing this act of extreme
generosity for so many times already and time and again this poor yet generous woman
has proven that whatever she gave out of her poverty comes back to her a
hundredfold times.
You may ask, if what the poor woman gave
comes back to her many times over. Then why is she still poor? Yes she is still
poor based in our own materialistic
eyes, but she is actually very rich in terms of her faith and spirituality this
is the reason why she could give everything including her earnings from her
livelihood.
To be materially poor is OK for as long as
you are rich in faith and spirituality. For what is the essence of material
wealth when it can easily fly away from our hands anytime?
Are you extremely generous like the poor
woman in our gospel? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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