Today’s Readings – Wednesday of Week 11 of Ordinary Time - First Reading

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

Paul continues his exhortation to the Corinthians to be generous. He begins with a kind of proverb: skimpy sowing means skimpy reaping:

...the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.


He further adds that each one should make their donation according to what has been agreed, but to do it without a long face or under a sense of compulsion:

...God loves a cheerful giver.


As Thomas à Kempis’ Imitation of Christ says, “It is the love of the giver more than the gift of the lover that counts.” And Paul further adds that the Source of everything we have will reward us generously for our generosity because he is, in fact, the original source of all that we giv … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Tuesday of Week 11 of Ordinary Time - First Reading

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 8:1-9

Paul now moves on to a very different topic, namely, the question of collecting funds to help poorer communities, especially that of Jerusalem.

We are told in Acts that the church at Antioch in Syria sent Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem with material … Continue