Rev 14:1-5; Ps 24:1-6; Matt 24:42-44; Luke 21:1-4
“Love means to be willing to give
until it hurts,” said Mother Teresa of Calcutta. You can give without love but
you cannot love without giving. In today’s Gospel we have a role model of
giving. “As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the
temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly
I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All
these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty
put in all she had to live on” (Luke 21: 1-4). The widow had no status at all.
In this text she is given the status of a giver. Though she had no names we can
name her: Donor, Contributor, Generous and Philanthropist. She gave till generosity
was hurting her. Nevertheless, she didn’t become bankrupt. Remember the
spiritual law of abundance: we multiply by dividing. The art of writing books
is not diminished by writing two books rather it is enhanced. Likewise the
carpenter’s skills do not vanish by making two doors rather they are improved. We
multiply by dividing.
There is a man who said to his companion,
"I dreamt receiving from your generous hands 100 dollars. I was very happy. Please don’t spoil my dream and my day, give me
the $ 100 note.” His friend replied, “The $ 100 note I gave you in the dream
keep it. That is my contribution.” The man was not generous. Make the word “generous” be your middle name.
Give till it hurts.
