Breakfast with the Word Monday 34th Week Ordinary Time Year B
Faithful giving is that willingness to offer anything to God. Faithful giving comes from inner conviction and decision. It is not a product of compulsion. This is when we offer a helping hand to anyone without having any other inordinate desire or intention.
Faithful giving is nothing but an honest and sincere offering to God. We do not do it to receive praises or to showcase how financially blessed we are.
It is a giving to God motivated by faith and sincere love of God. In Luke 19:8, after Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus, He promises Jesus to give half of His possession to the poor.
In Him, we can see someone who freely, cheerfully and faithful offer what He has. The widow’s offering today is a typical example of a faithful giving.
A Little Understanding
In the gospel, Jesus observes how some rich people are putting their huge offering into the temple treasury and hence comes a poverty-stricken widow who put only two coins. This single act touches the heart of Jesus because the widow gives all she had.
The money she gave was recorded as two mites or coins according to some interpretations. The value of this is just 1% of a denarius.
A denarius is one day’s wage of a normal worker. Hence the coin the widow gives is nothing but 1% of a day’s wage.
Hence, if this is all the woman has according to Jesus, it simply shows how extremely poor the widow is. And if she can despite her lack offer such to God, then it reveals how faithful she is to God.
An Attitude of Faith
This the highest act of faith; the ability to trust in God’s providence despite the magnitude of the lack.
It is like the faith of the little Isaac in Genesis 22 who believes the word of his father Abraham that God will provide even when there was no sign of the provision.
This episode hence advises us not to think twice if we willingly, wholeheartedly and without grudges decide to give.
There should be no grudges whenever we want to do anything for the sake of the love we have for God. Such acts always have a reward. Jesus’ statement in Matthew 6:1-3 about giving reveals that faithful and sincere giving go with a reward.
What it means to give Faithfully
1.It is that help we render without seeking for appreciation and recognition. Whether it comes or not, it does not affect us in any way because we know that God is our only motivation.
2. This is when we give or offer a helping hand knowing full well that God is watching whatever we do as Jesus does today. So we do it only to please God and not to make people sing our praises.
3. Despite that the widow hides her offering, Jesus knows not only what she gives, but her background and her means of living. Hence, Jesus knows the giver, the gift and the intention behind every gift we give.
The one that pleases Him is not those things we do for political reasons. They are not the ones we do so that people will sing our praises. They are those ones that truly and sincerely come from the heart.
4.This is when God is truly the motive behind the good things we do. We do not do them for the sake of becoming popular or that your people will give you an honorary title. They are not that help rendered to someone only for a selfish reason or in demand for another thing in return.
5. One special thing that touches Jesus is when we give despite the challenges and the difficulties. This is when we truly understand that God is above our challenges and can do anything despite the lack.
We do not need to count the challenges ahead if we truly decide in our hearts to help someone or offer anything to God. The gospel indicates that God appreciates even the little you can offer especially in the midst of problems. Truly there is power in giving.
6.Faithful giving is also the recognition that despite how poor we are, there is a single thing you can still offer to God. It can be a helping hand, encouragement, talent, time for someone, visiting the sick, solving a particular problem. It can also be money despite how little.
Sometimes it is not that we do not get even little, but many squander their resources more on frivolities than using it to help someone or support the church. A man squanders half a million just on drinks or to impress a friend, while there are many He can change their lives with it.
7. Sometimes our true problem is not that God is not providing our needs but we are unable to manage our resources very well. Faithful giving brings more blessings and pleases the heart of Jesus than whatever we do just to impress. Jesus says that whoever does this, has already received His reward. (Matthew 6:1-3).
May God bless you dearest and give us the grace to give from the heart. May he faithfully reward everything good you do. Amen
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Give me your grace Lord to continue giving faithfully and also provide for me that I may continue giving Amen
Thank you Fr. May God inspire us to give to glory of His name no matter how much it may cost us to give wholeheartedly in Jesus name, Amen
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Amen! Thank you Padre for all you allow God to do through you. More grace 🙏🙏
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Amen and amen. Remain blessed fr
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Thank you Padre. May His grace be sufficient for us at all times. Amen
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Amen 🙏 May the Lord open our inner hearts to receive, acknowledge live out his expectations of us, through this word, Amen.
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I am really motivated by this words and the teaching of giving. I pray that God gives me the grace to always give no matter the situation
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Giving is a gratitudinal form of evangelism
Giving is so good,I realized that giving faithfully makes someone happy despite the situation,my parish priest always says that when ever money enter your hand and what that comes to your mind is to give it out or use it as charity never you hesitate because to do that.
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May the Lord open our eyes and mind to do the needful in due time,my parish priest always says that when ever money enter your hand and what that comes to your mind is to give it out or use it as charity never you hesitate to do that
Amen! & Amen! Thanks & God bless you too Fr, for this inspiring msg on faithful giving.
Thanks immensely Padre for this wonderful admonition. I share in your belief about Faithful Giving. I feel fulfilled each time I do that. A long time ago, I personally made a resolve to use a certain amount as offering during masses- whether daily or Sunday masses. It doesn’t matter whether I attend mass twice or more in a day, neither does it matter whether am broke or not. On special occasions, I augment the amount like when I need to offer masses for birthdays,etc of myself, family members and friends or other special favors or requests. God has been Faithful to me as I feel satisfied doing that. Remain richly blessed.’, Padre.
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The giving without expecting anything in return . the giving that can hurt because you gave from the heart. May God help us to know really the meaning of faithful giving ,giving without looking back amen
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In God I trust.
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father Bless and Prosper my business and efforts that I may be of Help to people around me. amen
Amen! Thank you Jesus for this special breakfast this morning,. Father help me to understand that whatever I have comes from you that I may not relent in giving them back to you through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen.
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Amen, remain blessed Fr. Good morning
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May God help me always to give faithfully
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Amen, I pray God gives us the grace to give wholeheartedly even with the little received. Thanks so much, Padre.
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I pray that through the interction of our mother Mary and Angel Raphael, we will have the grace to be a Faithful giver. Amen
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Amennnnn.. God help us to give not grudgingly. Thank you padre
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May the almighty God give me the heart to give freely through Christ who Lord Amen.
Amen thanks and same to you Friar.
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May God instill in us the grace to give without grudges, and never to seek for praises from the people we lend a helping hand, through Christ our Lord…. Amen.
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Am🙏en, God bless you too. Amen
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Thanks a lot Padre. oh Lord help us to give freely without expecting rewards or praises from anybody Amen
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Lord help me. May I give even from the little I have.Amen
Amen. Remain blessed Padre.
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May the good Lord grant me the grace to always give from my heart. Amen 🙏
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Amen. Ok, thanks Padre , God bless you abundantly
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Fr good morning, help me to thank the almighty God and the intercession of our blessed mother Mary and the St Raphael for granted Visa to me to go UK and visit my daughter. This very pray group 17 has helped me a lot since I joined them. In short all my prayers request has been answered just remaining few and I know the faithful God will answer me those ones . May almighty name be glorified in Jesus name Amen. Fr. God is used u in this prayer group home of Victory is really a home of Victory. May all members help me to thank God in Jesus mighty name we pray Amen. My heavenly father will continue to strengthen u and shower his blessings upon you fr , thanks so much and may almighty God grant u ur heart desires in Jesus name Amen.
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GOD please give me the GRACE of Faithful Giving 🙏
Powerful message
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Amen Padre and God’s Divine wisdom and strength.