My dear readers:
Today's gospel passage, as short as it is, the story of the widow's mite, packs a real wallop.
An immediate question that came to my mind in my reflection was the question, "What do you (and I) give to God?" What do we give? We may answer with references to our financial support of our parish or other charities, we may speak of the time we give in volunteering or in prayer or in attending mass, as well as the sharing of our talents for others. All these things are truly things we ultimately give to God.
Here's the next question to consider: "What does God give to you?" Think about it before you answer. One who is truly honest and aware would say, "Everything". Which is absolutely true. Ultimately, God does give us everything in our lives.
With that in mind, perhaps we should ask ourselves, "What more can I give to God?"
During the announcements of this weekend's mass, I encouraged you to call, or if you feel it is better, email, our local MPP, Ms. Kinga Surma, to share your thoughts about the reality of the severe restrictions being placed on places of worship under the lockdown rules set out by the province this past Friday afternoon.
As I pointed out, with over 1.2 million Catholics having attended weekend masses since the previous lockdown ended last June, there has not been one reported case of an attendee being infected by the virus in the 225 parishes that are in our Archdiocese. The question is, with such astounding results, why are we being closed?
I will be leaving a phone message at Ms. Surma's office tomorrow and I will let you know what her response is, if she gets back to me. If you call or email her (and I know more than a few have already done so), also mention that I have encouraged you to do so.
Ms. Surma's constituency office number is 416 234 2800
Kinga Surma - MPP Etobicoke Centre . Her other contact info on her website www.kingasurma.com lists 416-316-3039 and email is [email protected]
For the contact information of Premier Ford, please go to Hon. Doug Ford | Legislative Assembly of Ontario (ola.org)