In his latest comment (in the November 2012 issue), Kerr observes that the incident with the widow occurs during Jesus’ visit to the temple. Just prior to the passage is Jesus’ warning that the ...

Today’s gospel tells us of two very short stories… one where our Lord Jesus Christ denounced the scribes and the other where he commends a poor widow.

This article also appeared in print, under the headline “Widows and Scribes,” in the November 2, 2015, issue.

Sunday, Nov. 8, is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, Cycle II). In today’s Gospel, Jesus is preaching near the treasury, warning listeners to beware of the scribes who dress up and sit ...

The story of the widow’s mite, then, turns out to be yet another warning about the perils and pitfalls of institutional religion, perennially prone to focus on externals alone, while forgetting ...

The widow’s offering (Mark 12: 41–44) Jesus was at the temple with the disciples. Here he witnessed something which he used to teach the disciples about giving.

It is now the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time and today’s gospel reading comes from Mark 12:38-44 where our Lord Jesus Christ teaches a warning against the teachers of the law or scribes, and in ...