EVEN THE POOR CAN PROVIDE CHARITY (HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
EVEN THE POOR CAN PROVIDE CHARITY 1kings 17:7-16; Matthew 5:13-16 Ordinarily, the poor is psychologically construed to think in terms of what he or she is to receive rather than what he or she is to give. By extension, the Poor, most times think that they are exonerated from performing acts of charity; that accomplishing charitable works is in the domain of the rich alone. After all, one who is poor is assumed not to have, and even when he or she has a little, it isn't meant to be shared but to be preserved for personal welfare. However, little do the Poor know that “blessed is the hand that gives than the one that receives”. Brother and Sisters in Christ, the Widow of Zarephath had proven otherwise; that even the poor can be providers of charity and not necessarily beneficiaries. The widow and her son, even in their abject poverty prioritized from the little they had, the welfare of the prophet Elijah who made an appeal to be given a morsel of bread to eat. The Widow knew quite ap...