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Scripture Reflection for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 8, 2009

by Brandon Jubar

The Widow\'s Mite

In today\'s go'); document.write('spel reading, we hear the familiar story of the widow who places two mites -- small Jewish coins worth only a few'); document.write(' cents -- into the treasury while others donate much larger sums. For many people, it simply presents a lesson about th'); document.write('e relative value of a gift versus its absolute value. But for others, the parable of the widow\'s mite presents a diffic'); document.write('ult challenge concerning not only the use of personal wealth, but also the use of the wealth possessed by the nation as '); document.write('a whole.

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