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Theo Tigno•
11/24/2003 5:22 am
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Monday, November 24th 2003 |
Luke 21:1-4
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 offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who suffer from multiple sclerosis.
It's so much easier to be generous when we feel like we have enough to give. I know many who will argue the point, "I'll tithe when I have enough money to give." In today's reading, we see a widow who has put her full trust in The Lord. Tithing is not a matter of being generous; it's a matter of trust and obedience.
May God Bless you abundantly as you continue to place your trust in Him. Take care and God Bless.
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Today is the memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and his companions. Here's some information on today's saint:
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the growth of Christianity in the Vietnamese kingdoms of Tonkin, Annam and Cochin China provoked waves of bitter persecution, and of the numerous martyrs one hundred and seventeen have been canonised. Eight of these are bishops, with fifty priests and fifty-nine lay people; ninety-six were Vietnamese. St. Andrew Dung-Lac is representative of many other martyr priests. He came from a poor non-Christian family and was taught by a Christian lay catechist. The sufferings inflicted on the Vietnamese martyrs are among the most terrible in the long history of Christian martyrdom.
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