Homily for Sunday Ordinary 32 B
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The widow says nothing, and yet her actions speak volumes. The Greek word for her "giving her whole life" prefigures the sacrifice Jesus is about to make.\\xa0
It is both a judgment on the temple cult\\xa0 -\\xa0 that demanded giving that so impoverished the widow\\xa0 -\\xa0 and as prelude to Christ giving his whole life for the life of the world.
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