The Widow's Mites

Jesus pointed with approval to the widow who gave two mites gave all that she had, her whole livelihood. How poor she must have been, made so by the evil of the scribes who devour widows’ houses. And yet she gives up all that she does have, which is only two mites. Does this not remind us of Jesus himself, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, and gave everything he had for us, to redeem us by his two mites, namely his body and blood. So this widow, trusting that God will provide, even as the widow at Zarephath had done, also gives all that she has. In  this she is like the holy Christian church and her martyrs: the willingly gave all that they had, trusting in the goodness of God as they had learned it from the grace of Jesus. Let us rejoice in his goodness, and learn a like willingness to entrust ourselves entirely into his keeping. Sermon for Midweek of Trinity XXIII.
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