Poor (πενιχραν). A rare word from πενης (πενομα, to work for one's living). Latin

penuria and Greek πειναω, to be hu…

A certain poor widow.—St. Luke’s word for “poor” differs from St. Mark’s, and seems to have been carefully chosen to express the …

This was literally true of the temple at Jerusalem; and today there remains nothing of it. It is also true of all earthly buildings and of all eart…

Glossa Ordinaria: Our Lord, having rebuked the covetousness of the Scribes who devoured widows’ houses, commends the almsgivin…

The comment on how teachers of the law victimized widows (20:47) leads to a story on how a poor widow set an example of acceptable giving. The “tem…

And he saw also a certain poor widow Whom he took particular notice of above all the rest: the poor, and the widow, are r…

From the offering of this poor widow, learn that what we rightly give for the relief of the poor, and the support of God's worship, is given to God…