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Vatican City, Nov 11, 2012 \/ 01:35 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- In his Nov. 11\u00a0Angelus address, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on Sunday\u2019s Mass readings featuring two poor widows who provide timeless models of faith and charity.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn today\u2019s Gospel, the poor widow gives everything she possesses to the Temple,\u201d the Pope said, as he addressed the crowd from the papal apartments overlooking a rainy St. Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMay her unconditional offering inspire us to rely on God alone, while attributing to everything else its due place and proper worth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tIn that Gospel reading from Mark 12:38-44, the poor widow\u2019s generosity at the Temple collection is contrasted with the great offerings of the rich. Whereas the rich gave from their excess, the widow gave from her poverty.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn truth I tell you, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury,\u201d Christ told his disciples.<\/p>\n

\tAs for the those scribes who took pride of place in the Temple and loved being shown respect and admiration, Christ\u2019s condemnation of them is a condemnation of the piously proud of today, too.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThese are the men who devour the property of widows and for show offer long prayers,\u201d Christ told his disciples. \u201cThe more severe will be the sentence they receive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Gospel reading was complimented in theme and teaching with the First Reading from the Book of Kings, which recounted the Prophet Elijah\u2019s visit to the home of a widow and son in a land stricken with drought and laden with despair.<\/p>\n

\tThough they had only enough flour and oil to make one cake and then die, the widow provided food for Elijah and her jar of oil and supply of flour were forever replenished afterward.<\/p>\n

\tThese two readings, said the Holy Father, provide examples in faith and charity that the faithful ought to model themselves after. They are especially relevant during this Year of Faith, which the Holy Father proclaimed last month.<\/p>\n

\tAfter the Angelus the Pope extended his greetings to different peoples. He drew the attention of English-speakers, especially the large group of Filipinos, to the Gospel reading, commonly known as the \u201cparable of the talents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cJesus invites us to reflect with gratitude on the gifts we have received and to use them wisely for the growth of God\u2019s Kingdom,\u201d the Pope told the cheering crowd, by now getting wet with rain.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cMay his words summon us to an ever deeper conversion of mind and heart,\u201d he said, \u201cand a more effective solidarity in the service of all our brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tGlad to be there, but not so comfortable with the rain, was a group of pilgrims from the United States.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Patrick Dolan, pastor of the Church of the Most Precious Blood in Denver, was leading 48 of his parishioners on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cTheir chance to see the Pope as a sign of our unity of faith, and to be here in St. Peter\u2019s Square and share that energizing spirit with Catholics from around the world, gives a vision of the Church that really lifts us out of our own culture,\u201d said Fr. Dolan, who had spent six years in Rome as a seminarian.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThere\u2019s a temptation toward provincialism in the Church back in America. This Angelus address shows us all that the Church is more than just the neighborhood parish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tParishoner-pilgrims Cathy and Tom Calhoun were happy to have received the papal blessing after the Angelus, bestowed upon them as well as the religious items they brought.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe brought some rosaries to be blessed, including two for our grandsons,\u201d Mrs. Calhoun said as gray skies poured clear rain. \u201cWe hope that they will give them guidance as they grow in faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

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