#poor widow

11/05/2021

It just goes to show that money is capitalism what it would have it when communist donation monetary semblance and it wouldn't be!

"Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood."

If there’s a litmus test of one’s true benevolence and spirituality, it’s how money is handled and/or mishandled.

The Widow’s Mite by James Christensen Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you; this poor widow has put more into the…

Evening Devotional for July 18

She hath done what she could.

This poor widow hath cast in more than they all. — Whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. — If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. — If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? — He which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

Transmutation - The action of changing or the state of being changed into another form.

The final moments of Amélie Lacroix

Doing “Great” Things! - Daily Gospel Reflection for Monday, November 21, 2022

November 21, 2022 Monday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Readings for Today Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Memorial Video 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…