A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Saturday of the ninth week in ordinary time.

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day to the Lord.

Say slowly from your heart,

Jesus, I trust in you. You take over. Become aware that he is with you looking upon you with love wanting to be heard deep within your

heart a reading from heart.

A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Mark,

Chapter 12, verses 38 to 44. In his teaching, Jesus said,

Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously

in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

These are men who swallow the property of widows

while making a show of lengthy prayers.

More severe will be the sentence they receive.

He sat down opposite the treasury

and watched people putting money into the treasury,

and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and

put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them,

I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more and then all who have contributed to the treasury,

for they all have put in money from what they had over,

but she, from the little she has, put everything she possessed,

all she had to live on.

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