For 10 November 2024, The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 12:38-44
As Jesus taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the market-places, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honour at banquets! They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.’
He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Connie Koch OP
Sister Connie Koch OP is a Dominican Sister of Hope living in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She has taught special children with learning disabilities and served in parish ministry. Presently she is doing spiritual direction, directed retreats, and programs at The Center at Mariandale in Ossining, New York and is the Promoter of Preaching for the Dominican Sisters of Hope.
10 Nov 2024
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As Jesus taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the market-places, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honour at banquets! They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.’
He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Connie Koch OP
Sister Connie Koch OP is a Dominican Sister of Hope living in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She has taught special children with learning disabilities and served in parish ministry. Presently she is doing spiritual direction, directed retreats, and programs at The Center at Mariandale in Ossining, New York and is the Promoter of Preaching for the Dominican Sisters of Hope.