32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time year B 11-11-12
Theme: the generosity of the poorest of the poor!
1st Reading 1st Kings 17:10-16 Miracle of flour and oil.
2nd Reading Hebrews 9:24-28 Christ seals the new covenant with his blood.
Gospel Mark 12:38-44 Jesus condemns craftiness of the scribes and praises the widow’s mite!
It is very revealing how the poorest of the poor come forward during the times of crisis to come to the aid of the suffering.
We have seen this during times of flood, famine, earthquake and man made calamities like terrorist attack etc.
In the modern time we see this in the TV & Radio news giving vivid pictures of the happenings.
It is usually the poor people who come not minding whatever the cost.
Even when blood is needed how people who are poor who know what it means to donate blood come forward to donate blood.
Recently we read a priest donating his kidney to save a non believer!!!!
A child donating his life’s saving to save poor people.
When there are accidents it is the poor people who rush to the accident site to help the wounded and the needy.
There are some politicians use such occasions to make name donating money and material.
When some one does such charities to make name and fame this does not stem from the heart.
We can see this on their face!!!!
In today’s two reading the widows who are given as the models for us to follow in our daily generosity are exceptional people. Widows do not mind sharing the little they have.
In the Gospel we find the widow giving all she has to the temple treasury!
When in contributing the possession to the needy the attitude with which it is given is the result.
Sharing generously is exceptional.
When we deprive ourselves some comfort to make the needy comfortable is real generosity.
I have a department where the people who contribute to the poor children in our mission are the most generous.
Some times they deprive themselves and their children the most essential things to help our children in our care.
There are stories of families forgoing holidays to make people have medical facilities which otherwise they would never be able to avail.
These are not recorded but lived realities when we are in the parish we come across such generous instances.
We may say this happens because of emotional blackmailing.
This is not true unless and until a person is not touched by God’s grace will such acts of charity will come to be a reality.
This could be even a non believer who goes out of his way to make some people comfortable.
And usually it is the poorest of the poor in these communities who are most generous.
We have narrations from the life of Mother Theresa when she was given by so many people money when she thought she was at the end of her last penny.
When we experience Jesus generous suffering for our salvation of which the Second Reading informs us saying that he entered once bringing the salvific event to fulfillment.
Surely this reality when it becomes ours we can say God has touched us.
Wishing you a very nice fruitful Sunday celebration of the Eucharist along with all your sisters and brothers in your parish.
Yours ever in the divine word,
Fr. Juze Vaz svd
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