"Friends, a connection with God leads to life and flourishing. When we sever that connection, we experience a drought similar to the one in our first reading today. The Lord..."

"For the past several weeks, we have been reading from the extraordinary letter to the Hebrews, the principal theme of which is the priesthood of Jesus Christ. Jesus can be..."

“For God has first loved us, and he has given himself and he continues to give us his gifts, indeed, all that we have, so that we might recognise how much we are loved, so that we can dare to love God in return.”

“Rather than throwing people away, we see Jesus treating all of us humans as, well, human. What can we learn from the example of our Savior?”

“Each one of us is a priest of the heavenly temple, called to be a sign of God’s mercy, called to give hope and consolation, meaning and value to those who seek the presence of God.”

“she has put in her whole living. She has laid her life on the line in this gift. She has become an icon of Christ, a living image of the Saviour.”

“Was Jesus commending the widow and recommending his followers to imitate her generosity — or was he passing judgment on the Temple, for its power to exploit her innocence?”

“If the widow of Sidon soon discovers that God miraculously rewards her generosity towards his prophet, this is also a sign which looks forward to the redemptive generosity of God pouring forth upon humanity in the Pentecostal gifts of the Risen Christ.”

"Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White has been a Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church in Australia since 2016. She is a 2nd-Generation Sri Lankan Tamil Australian, and grew up in..."

"Michele Connolly rsj is a Sister of St Joseph of Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley. She is an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Biblical Studies Discipline Coordinator at the..."

“And, like Mark’s widow, widows banding together to support one another, to care for one another and to love one another are exemplars to us all of what it means to be the church: a community willing to struggle with one another and listen to one another with all our quirks and weaknesses.”

“Our generosity to others especially the poor and abandonned is a powerful means of attracting God’s blessing...When we empty our jars and pitchers with and for others, God fills them to the full”

“Where is the justice of the LORD? This, too, requires faith: to continue to trust in the ultimate goodness of God, and that his justice and mercy will ultimately prevail, while living in the meantime in the middle of what seems at times to be a flood of deceit, injustice, oppression, falsehood, persecution, both outside the Church and frequently inside it, as well.”

“So often we give, but we give from surplus. So often we sacrifice, but not enough to hurt.”

“We have a mission in life as well. We try to be faithful to what God has called us to do, but we are still subject to suffering and pain, to taking up our cross daily and following Christ.”

“Poverty is not a sin; but it can be a crime if the world (which means us) ignores the plight of the poor.”

"Today’s Scriptures highlight two widows and two very important biblical principles: God reveals himself precisely at that moment of our greatest vulnerability and need, and the grace in your life..."