Widows are visible everywhere in today\u2019s readings. Jesus denounces those scribes who
\npray impressive prayers but devour widows\u2019 houses. He commends the poor widow who in
\nhis view gave far more than the major donors. Jesus doesn\u2019t see her simply as an object of
\ncompassion or charity. She, like the widow of Zarephath who shares her last bit of food
\nwith Elijah, does something of great importance.<\/p>\n
Watch Services<\/strong> Widows are visible everywhere in today\u2019s readings. Jesus denounces those scribes who pray impressive prayers but devour widows\u2019 houses. He commends the poor widow who in his view gave far more than the major donors. Jesus doesn\u2019t see her simply as an object of compassion or charity. She, like the widow of Zarephath who shares […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":4561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[],"wpfc_sermon_series":[],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[6],"class_list":["wpfc-sermon-single","post-4719","wpfc_sermon","type-wpfc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpfc_service_type-sunday-worship-service"],"aioseo_notices":[],"sermon_audio":"","sermon_audio_duration":"","_views":"33","bible_passage":"Mark 12:38-44","sermon_video_embed":"","sermon_video_url":"","sermon_bulletin":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sermons\/2024\/11\/11102024.pdf","_featured_url":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sermons\/2024\/07\/Walking-with-Jesus-in-the-Gospel-by-Mark.jpg","sermon_date":1731254125,"_sermon_date_auto":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/wpfc_sermon\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/wpfc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpfc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/wpfc_sermon\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4721,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/wpfc_sermon\/4719\/revisions\/4721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpfc_preacher","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwpfc_preacher&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"wpfc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwpfc_sermon_series&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"wpfc_sermon_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwpfc_sermon_topics&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"wpfc_bible_book","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwpfc_bible_book&post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"wpfc_service_type","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stolaffd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwpfc_service_type&post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nContemporary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"