He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury;
2he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3He said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them;
4for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.’
Luke 21:1-4
"In a word: in Christ's life and words and works, we find nothing but true, pure humility and poverty such as we have set forth. And therefore where God dwelleth in a man, and the man is a true follower of Christ, it will be, and must be, and ought to be the same."
The Theologia Germanica of Martin Luther
I've often had the thought "wouldn't it have been easier if..." I think this applies to today's reading. Wouldn't it have been easier if Jesus had not held back and removed all ambiguity? It would be an easy decision. We would have all the proof we need, but what does proof do for us? Jesus had to be a human like us. A supernatural fact does very little for us. We need faith. We need to believe that this paradoxical event, this Advent. leads to our salvation. Jesus came in absolute glory in a completely humble fashion. "Only when I forgo visible proof, do I believe in God."
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