The widow puts two cents into the temple treasury. According to Jesus, this is "all the living that she had." (Lk 21:4) It was two cents, not one cent. It's easier to put in your whole living if you just have one cent. But to have two cents, and to give both of them away to God, that is remarkable.
It would be easier to think "I have two cents, one for me and one for God." But no, she gives God both of them. You'd think that every preservation-instinct-alarm-bell would go off in her head, and would manifest themselves in a flurry of excuses like "It's so little money and the temple treasury is so rich!" or "I'm an old woman and I need to take care of myself," or "I'm a widow and don't have a husband to take care of me, I should save this money."
We all have two cents: a body and a soul. Really, they are all that we have, all that we are. We decide whether to give them to God, or whether to make excuses about why we need to hold onto this pleasure of the flesh, or that interest of the soul. To give them away to God means to rely on Him, just as this widow did for her next meal. God will provide us with all the joy and peace that we need, we just have to place our body and soul into the life of Christ, the Treasure of the Church.
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