MONDAY- LAST
WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –A
Gospel: Luke 21:1-4: He noticed
a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins.
I Reading: Daniel 1:1-6.8-20: The king
found none to equal Daniel, Hananiah, Michael and Azariah.
The Widow’s Offering or Gift: The Question
of Giving, Lk 21:1-4
It is very important to support the church and help
the needy in the society. Every person must give everything he is and has to
meet the need of a world that has thousands dying every day, dying because they
lack the very necessities of life and have never heard the gospel of His
glorious love and deliverance.
1. Jesus sat and rested (v.1-2)
a. Saw the rich give
b. Saw a poor widow give
2. Giving must be in the right spirit (v.2): not for
his/her glorification or recognition
3. Giving must not be based on the amount given, but
on the kept back (v.3)
4. Giving must be sacrificial, given because a person
has need (v.4)
Thought: The widow gave sacrificially; she gave “out of poverty.”
She “gave all she had to live on.” Why? She wanted to help and support the
needs of the temple and of poor.
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