God Does Not Accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express

If you went to Church this weekend, you heard the story of Elijah and the widow who had only a bit of flour and oil. The widow had just enough flour and oil to make her and her son a final meal.  Elijah asks first for a drink of water.  The widow starts to go for it and he says; "Oh yeah, bring me some bread too."  The widow explains her plight but Elijah tells her to do what she had planned to do but first bring make him a little cake. She went and did this and her jar did not go empty nor did she run out of oil. 

In our Gospel reading Jesus watched people giving their gifts to the Temple. Some people drop bags of silver and gold into the treasury but this one old widow drops in a couple of copper coins, worth almost nothing and certainly inconsequential when compared to the other contributions.  But we learn something important about God in these two readings. 

We learn from the first reading that God wants to take care of you and we simply have to have faith and He will do so.  Secondly we see that with God, it is not quantity that counts so much but it is quality. 

A gift given from the heart, given as a true sacrifice, such as the two pennies given by the widow are worth more to God because she gave her all, everything she had but the others gave only from their surplus.  The widow gave of herself and that is what proves her love of God. 

Questions about the Catholic faith?  I am ready to answer them. No question to simple, no question too hard. 

God bless and keep you in the week ahead and may the light of Christ shine through you to all of those you meet along the way.