Gospel: Luke 21:1-4
Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury of the temple. He also saw a poor widow, who dropped in two small coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them. For all of them gave an offering from their plenty; but she, out of her poverty, gave all she had to live on.”

Reflections
“Out of her poverty, gave all she had to live on.”
In one of the episodes of a noontime show in TV, the host, told the crowd that he received an anonymous gift. It was left on the doorstep of his house. What he did was to bring that gift to his program and opened it there for the whole world to see. Even I was surprised to see what the gift box contained: cold cash amounting to P750,000.00!
Honestly, I found that inspiring. Someone gave a very huge amount and did not seek to be recognized at all. But putting that into the context of the gospel today, was that impressive to God as well? It depends. If we give out of our excess, what is of less value and what is useless to us, this will not be impressive to God. The measure of real, impressive giving is the sacrifice that goes along with it. Give‘til it hurts, we are told, because when we’re hurting what we give truly becomes a gift. It is not the gift that counts, but the giver and the motivation for giving. As one saying goes, it does not matter how much we give but how much of ourselves is given along with our gifts.

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