How appropriate that on the Feast Day of St. Martin of Tours, the readings in the lectionary feature impoverished people. Despite their lack of material goods, they entrust themselves to God and offer all that they have, counting on God to provide.
The widow entrusts the word of God as proclaimed through Elijah that even in offering the little she has to him, there will still be enough for her and her son. The widow in the Gospel reading offers the little she has for providing for her needs and entrusts that God will provide for her, even though we don't see how that turns out. But we know, like in the words of Psalm 146, that God provides for those who are in need, and is forever praised.
We know He has provided for all of us who are in great need because of our sin: We can truly trust the God Who offered Himself fully to us in Christ to save. And in that same spirit, we give of ourselves, entrusting that God will provide abundantly from our act of giving, which makes God real as we commit ourselves in trust to Him.
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