Good News #B50 She Gave All She Had, Mark 12:38-44, Children's Liturgy Devotional, Children's Sermon, Children's Homily,Catholic, Christian, written by Joan Y. Edwards

Cycle B

Good News B50

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 12:38-44 New American Bible

Mark 12:38-44 Bible Gateway New International Version

She Gave All She Had.

A woman gave two coins in the box for the poor.

She didn't have any more.

God rewarded her gift

Angels gave her a lift

She is in heaven now.

God is asking her to take a humble bow.

You have $5.00. It is money you got for your birthday. It’s all the money you have. You don’t have any money in the bank. You don’t have any hidden in your shoes or dresser. That’s it. $5.00 is all the money you have.

A boy down the street has $50.00 that people gave him for his birthday. He has money in the bank to go to college that he has saved up. He has $20.00 he stashed away in an old pair of boots.

If you and the boy down the street put $5.00 in the collection plate, who is the most generous? Who was giving all that he had?

Jesus said the woman who gave two coins was giving more because she gave all she had.

You can offer everything you have and do to God. Sometimes it is not money that God wants you to give. He might want you to spend time doing something in his honor. You can play with your baby sister. You can open the car door for your Mother. You can read your favorite book to your cousins at a sleepover. You can write a short note to your grandmother who lives far away. You can get someone who is hurt.

He may want you to share your talents. You can teach others to do something you can do easily. Perhaps you can teach someone to ride a bike. You can help someone memorize a Bible verse. You can join the Children’s Choir. If your church doesn’t have one, you can ask your pastor about starting one.

Whatever you do, do it for God. Whatever you have, share at least part of it with God. Spend time with God and his people. God will reward you. You will always have enough of whatever you need when you share with God and his people.

Say the “Our Father” and ask God to help you share with others.

“Our Father, who art in Heaven,

Hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day, our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.