MONDAY- LAST  WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –B

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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