Thursday
Read Mark 12:38-44
38As he taught them, he said, “Watch out for the teachers of
the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and be greeted with
respect in the market place, 39who choose the reserved seats in the
synagogues and the best places at feasts. 40They take advantage of
widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long
prayers. Their punishment will be all the worse!”
41 As Jesus sat near the temple
treasury, he watched the people as they dropped in their money. Many rich men
dropped in a lot of money; 42then a poor widow came along and
dropped in two little copper coins, worth about a penny. 43He called
his disciples together and said to them, “I tell you that this poor widow put
more in the offering box than all the others. 44For the others put
in what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all
she had—she gave all she had to live on.”
Think
When the widow put in her last two copper coins she surrendered herself to
the temple system that was meant to care for widows. From Jesus reprimands of the religious
officials I am not so sure how well she would have been cared for.
How does your faith community care for the poor and the helpless?
Pray
Guide us as a church as we strive to care for the poor.
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