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, she,
from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.
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Reflection:
Do we give from the heart?
Jesus in
our gospel favored the generosity of the poor widow for the simple reason that
it came from her heart. There is no string attached in her giving, it did not
camo from her excess money, she gave whatever little amount she had.
This
gospel invites us also to examine ourselves not only when we give to our
church. It invites us also to reflect our motive of giving when we give to the poor
or to anyone who is in need for that matter.
The ideal
giving is to give from the heart. The amount of what we give is immaterial what
is important is it originates from our heart and not from our head. In the
gospel, it was not only the poor widow who gave some wealthy people also gave.
However, Jesus is more pleased with the giving of the poor widow because her
giving is pure and untainted by any form of ulterior motive.
Whatever
we give from the heart comes back to us a hundredfold. On Luke chapter six
verse thirty eight (6:38) Jesus tells us this: “Give and it will be given to
you, and you will receive in your sack good measure, pressed down, full and
running over. For the measure you give will be the measure you receive back. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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