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  2. May 27, 2024 · The Bible mentions widows 103 times, demonstrating the importance God places on caring for these women who have lost their husbands. God calls us to show compassion and honor to widows, look after them in their distress, and never abandon them.

  3. Dec 9, 2022 · In 1 Timothy 5, the apostle Paul gives a detailed outline of how the church and individual families are to care for widows. According to Paul, a widow who received financial and material support from the church had to meet certain qualifications.

  4. May 31, 2018 · If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need. 1 Timothy 5:4, 8, 16. One of the ways the church is called to help widows is by encouraging Christian family members to care for them.

  5. When a poor widow gave two small copper coins to the Temple treasury, the widow’s offering became a real-life parable for Jesus’s disciples. The story of the widow’s offering—sometimes called the widow’s miteis found in Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4.

  6. The fatherless and widows (ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας). These stand here (as so often in the Old Testament) as types of persons in distress; the "personae miserabiles" of the Canon Law (see e.g. Deuteronomy 10:18 ; Psalm 68:5 ; Psalm 82:3 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; and cf. Ecclus. 4:10).

  7. Jun 3, 2015 · There are about eighty direct references to widows in the Scriptures. Why? The Defender of Widows. Fundamentally, God is the kind of God who keeps a careful eye on the widow. He is profoundly concerned for her, together with the stranger and the fatherless.

  8. Jan 4, 2022 · There are several things that the story of the widow’s mite teaches us. First, God sees what man overlooks. The big gifts in the temple were surely noticed by people; that’s probably what the disciples were watching. But Jesus saw what no one else did: He saw the humble gift of a poor widow.

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