LIVE IT TODAY: Monday, November 24, 2025 | Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions
What you give Me from the heart is never small. I see the love, not the size.
LIVE IT TODAY: Monday, November 24, 2025 | Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
What you give Me from the heart is never small. I see the love, not the size.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Luke 21:1–4
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people
putting their offerings into the treasury
and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins.
He said, “I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
Love is measured not by amount, but by surrender
Jesus doesn’t simply observe the crowd—He “looks up,” noticing what others overlook. The wealthy drop in gifts impressive to the eye. But His gaze is drawn to a poor widow whose offering seems insignificant. In Greek, her “two small coins” are lepta—the smallest currency, barely worth anything. But in the economy of the Kingdom, her offering outweighs them all because it comes not from surplus, but from sacrifice.
Today’s memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions—Vietnamese martyrs of the 18th and 19th centuries—shines a powerful parallel. Their offerings were not coins but their lives. They gave out of poverty—the poverty of persecution, fear, danger, and vulnerability—and in that place, they offered everything. Their witness echoes the widow: when the world sees nothing, heaven sees the whole gift.
In the widow’s gesture, Jesus reveals a profound truth: God measures not what we give, but what it costs us to give it. The wealthy give painlessly; the widow gives painfully. Greatness in the Kingdom is not abundance displayed but love emptied. For Jesus, the offering that seems tiny to others shakes heaven when it comes from a heart that trusts God more than security.
Our homes are filled with “two small coin” moments—hidden sacrifices that look like nothing to the world but are enormous to God: a parent waking early to pray, forgiving when hurt, offering patience instead of anger, choosing family time over convenience, speaking blessing when frustrated, listening instead of escaping into a screen. These are the currency of the domestic church.
Often, we feel we have little left to give. We are stretched thin, emotionally drained, financially strained, spiritually weary. And the Enemy whispers: “It’s not enough. You’re not enough.” But Jesus turns that lie inside out. He sees the effort, the struggle, the tears, the quiet faithfulness. He calls it more—not less.
Parents, God is not asking you for perfection—He’s asking for your heart. Tonight, pray over your spouse and children by name, asking God to receive every small gift they offer today, to strengthen them in hidden sacrifices, and to assure them that He sees and treasures every act done in love.
“‘The desire to give and to serve flows from the love of Christ.’” (CCC 1822)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Your Two Coins:
What small sacrifice or act of love is Jesus inviting you to offer from the heart today?
Hidden Greatness:
Where have you underestimated the spiritual value of a daily offering you make?
Love That Costs:
What area of your life requires trust to give more fully to God?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, each person shares one “small coin” act of love they can offer today—something simple but sincere.
Pray over each person by name: Lord Jesus, receive ___’s small offering today. Strengthen their generosity, silence every lie that they are not enough, and fill their heart with the joy of giving themselves to You in love.
Daily Challenge: Choose one small, concrete act of sacrificial love today—something unnoticed, inconvenient, or quiet—that you offer directly to God.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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