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, she,
from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.
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Reflection:
Do you give without counting the cost of giving?
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 came 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. In 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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