Monday, 11/27/17
In its way, today's Gospel
tells us an amusing story. It talks about how Jesus and the Apostles were
watching people making their donations into the temple.
Wasn't it rude of them to be
putting their noses into other people's business? For me it brings back Korean memories
of people planting themselves nearby to watch me doing something that was none
of their business. The Korean word for that was "Googyung."
I would at times express displeasure
at someone's planting himself to watch me write a sermon. I would try to be
well mannered about asking "What are you doing?" But the guy, acting
as though he had every right to do it, would answer, "I am googyunging."
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Apart from that, Jesus was
letting us know that God wasn't so much interested in people making a show of
being generous with him. No, he was interested in how much of themselves they put
into pleasing him.
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