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 widow 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 on 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 generous
like the poor woman in our gospel? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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