In Gratitude for the Generous and Giving St. Hubert Community
In today’s gospel, Jesus admires the poor widow who puts in a couple of small coins into the treasury at the Temple. We call it the “widow’s mite” because “mite” means small amount. But not to Jesus, he recognizes things we don’t always see. For Jesus, knowing this widow was poor without any real means of support, the two coins would have been almost all she had. In proportion to those who had wealth but gave little, she gave extravagantly.
What seems like a little for some can be a lot for others. Jesus sees the things of the heart, and so he knows all about extravagant giving. He was a poor man without means, but…he had his life. He surrendered his life so we could be with God forever. It’s not how much we have, but what we want to do with the life we’ve been given. In a broken world, we need a renewed hope in human life, and a renewed hope in each other. We need you.
Giving It Our All
Here at St. Hubert, I become more and more amazed at the many generous ways our community gives of themselves to make this little parish in the middle of a neighborhood a mighty force of goodness.
Whenever we ask the community to pitch in and bring in food for the hungry, it comes in
THANK YOU VETERANS!
We salute you and thank you for your service to our nation.
May God bless you and your families. We are forever grateful.
generously. Our Stocking Stuffer project for the community of St. Aloysius is underway, and we’re also getting set to prepare our annual Thanksgiving Food Baskets for those in Hoffman Estates and our friends at St. Aloysius who are having trouble affording a holiday meal.
What’s amazing is that when a call goes out like this, some of us bring in a little of what we can, but it grows into an incredible bounty. We’re able to help hundreds and hundreds of families. It’s not just one person taking it on by themselves, but just like what’s happening in our 2020 Vision Campaign, when all of us pitch in together, mite becomes mighty.
Even our sixth graders in Religious Ed are pitching in to prepare a Thanksgiving Basket! It’s not one student doing it…it’s all of them helping together. They collect funds, go shopping together, and together they create the basket…and all the way through it, they’re praying for those who will receive it.
Another act of kindness is happening at St. Hubert School. On their own initiative, our students decided to collect funds this month to help missionaries feed the poor in different parts of the world. A couple of weeks ago when we were praying for the missions at our Masses, our 8
th graders learned about the work being done, which led to the student council’s goodwill effort.
For me, in the end, goodness that comes from the heart is simply inspiring. It’s amazing to see mite become mighty, especially when the effort is for the good of others. Thanks for all you do to build up this community of faith and help those in need.