Two coins.

The Kingdom of God for two coins1
Is it possible to buy everything for money? Experience convinces us relentlessly that not. We lack health, peace, love and happiness, good friends. What do you think, how much perhaps then would the kingdom of God stand? We start the last week of the church year, and our readings will gradually take place to present the last days of the world when Christ comes as king of the world. Today is it prepares us to know how much the kingdom of God costs. Jesus, indirectly, he told the apostles at the temple.
“Verily I say unto you, This poor widow hath cast in more than all others. For these all gave gifts of their abundance, but she gave her poverty, she gave everything she had, all her livelihood” (Lk 21: 3b-4a). What did the two small coins mean at the time? About as much as today’s decathlon. What could we buy for that? Probably nothing if there weren’t at least them
half a kilo. But Jesus saw the opposite. A poor widow who knew she was giving everything did not regret even sacrificing it for God. She trusted him. We, sometimes ,we will succumb to some scepticism if we have to do something small. We’ll say that It’s not even worth the effort because there are more critical tasks in the world that need to be done to rescue people. Wrong! Even a petite maid, done with love and confidence for God, she is precious in Jesus’ eyes. The desire to have more and more is dangerous. And it is also difficult to succumb to the knowledge that I am a perfect Christian. Only in heaven, but not here on earth. We don’t think it’s enough to come every Sunday to church; supporting the church and private life outside the church is my business.
Not. It cannot be separated. Property that often binds us on the road to perfection takes various forms. It’s not just money, but frequently status, power, pride, trying to control others, vices, and things around us. The world convinces us that we need this; life is not possible without it. Two coins are also property. Modest but expressive relationship. The widow renounced him. What is my attitude? There is such a small fictional episode in the book Christmas Stories as Jesus walked with St. Peter in the villages. Once they got lost, and after a while, they came across the town. They asked overnight, but only in the poorest shack was there a place for them. When they woke up, the poor woman gave them soup, to which she added some tallow.

Before they started to eat, Jesus called on Peter to count the stitches in the soup. Twenty-five – he said. And the Lord Jesus, he, pulled exactly twenty-five gold coins out of his pocket. Yeah, how the woman rejoiced. Now she ran to buy rare guests something better. A rich woman met her at the market, and when she did when she found out what had happened, she invited Jesus and Peter for lunch. Navara, as it should be. Full plates and properly loaded mass. When Jesus asked Peter to count the stitches in the soup, he didn’t have many robots. All the ointment combined into one big eye. And when they ate, Jesus took the gold money and gave it to the woman. She was stopped, and Peter defended her. Better for him, the tasty soup tasted good, but Jesus rebuked him. Peter, the poor woman, gave us little because she had a good heart, but this rich woman gave so much ointment to make as much money as possible. Not for the good of the soul, but for profit. Maybe that’s how we often behave. We want to impress who we are, but only to people. God, who comes at the end of time, sees the depths of our insides. We have to create treasures in heaven, but how? By that, today I can buy or. We don’t have to become beggars, to strip naked like St. Francis of Assisi. Being liberated from the property means trusting God, even when difficulties come. Poverty will not surprise those who are open-hearted to God, but those who compose his property.
The kingdom of God is priceless, but it costs exactly as much as you have, etc. Two coins. Buy it, and you’ll have it, or it’s already here on earth.

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