It doesn’t always feel like it is easy to give from our abundance. Even though there is little risk to it, it can feel like a big risk because of the “what ifs”. What if something happens and I need this tomorrow? It seems easier to believe that our abundance can guard us against the “what ifs”. But in comparison Jesus praises the widow who gives “out of her poverty” and in doing so has given all that she has. She has no safeguards. She has no contingencies. Yet she takes a concrete action that expresses her total reliance upon God. A total reliance upon God does not mean that difficulties will not come our way. It is not a strong guard against the “what ifs”, but it is to be in relationship with the one who is stronger than all the “what ifs”.
What is a concrete action I can take to express my total reliance upon God?
—Fr. Brad Held, SJ, is a member of the Midwest Province and is a campus minister and theology teacher at Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, WI.