Last week, the Bears announced
they were giving $1.92 million (including the $250,000 from several weeks ago)
to help in the fight against COVID-19 in Chicagoland, and I almost felt I had
misjudged them, but not for long. You
see, I read about Rachel Ray in today’s Tribune.
The food-and-talk-show host is
well past her ratings’ prime; I remember going over to my mother’s when Clare
was in grade school and we all watched Ray on television. Anyway, Ray is donating some $4 million to
the war effort, if you will. If Rachel
Ray can pony up that much, why not the Misers of the Midway?
Why? The answer may lie in Mark 12, 41-45. Jesus is watching a group rich people make
contributions, as well as a poor widow, who managed just two coins of little
value. “Amen, I say to you, this poor
widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their
surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her
whole livelihood.”
Something for the McCaskeys to consider, and better sooner than later.
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