Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinal Time, November 7th, 2021
Today’s 1st reading (1 Kings 17:10-16) and Gospel passage (Mark 12:38-44) force us to determine the degree of genuine dependency that we have on God. In other words, they show which concrete facts prove or discredit our claim of trusting in God with our very life, with our whole life, in all its facets. Extreme cases are offered to our consideration so that we are denied any wiggling room and any rationalization to claim that our dependency on God doesn’t have to be more than nominal. "As the LORD, your God, lives," she answered, "I have nothing baked; th