How Much Is Enough?
41He sat down opposite the
treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich
people put in large sums. 42A poor widow came and put
in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny.
43Then he
called his disciples and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has
put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.
44For all of them have contributed out of their
abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had
to live on."
Mark
12:38-44
The
Widow's Mite
James C.
Christensen*
If you give what you do not need,
it isn't giving.
~ Mother Theresa
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep
to gain what he cannot lose.
~ Jim Elliot
Making
storage mounts at the Denver Art Museum
Juhl, Sidney,
and Don
I made these
mounts for two boomerangs.
Florence
finished painting her bear at Life Care!
She loves
it!!! We ALL love it!
Anita and
Sharron at the Alternative Christmas Fair
This year I
modeled nightgowns, scarves, necklaces, silk jackets, and teddy
bears.
Someone
bought this nightgown and the UNICEF bear right off my
back!
At
last! I have been hungry for lasagna for a long
time!!!
Happiness is not having what you want,
but
wanting what you have.
~ Rabbi Hyman
Schachtel
November 12,
2006 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs
may be found at:
* "The story of
'The Widow's Mite' has long been one of my favorite moral tales," says James C.
Christensen. "I pictured this widow as young. Suppose she had children. If so,
her gift is greater still. She does not consider how large or small her gift is;
she merely gives what she has. I wanted to portray that purity of thought and
action. The widow, though raggedly clothed, glows with an inner light. The point
here is not the money, it's what we are willing to give of
ourselves."
** This woman
felt obligated to give away what little she had and although that revealed how
earnest she was, it was an earnestness that had been manipulated. So when Jesus
says, "That's all she had to live on," he said it with exasperation in his
voice. She should not have done that. She should not have been told to do
that.
Agnus Day,
by James Wetzstein
Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
Psalm 127:1-5
Hebrews 9:24-28
Mark
12:38-44
