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CHRIST ' HE FRIEND OF ' HE POOR AND THE SI 409
CHRIST PRAISES THE WIDOW 's GENEROSITY
Price of the Soul. It was only a didrachma, about forty cents in our money,. but with so many people pay­ ing it, it brought in a very large sum of money, which was sent to Jerusalem to be used in the service of the Temple.
In the third year of His public life, our blessed Savior came to Capharnaum with His apostles. As they were going through the streets, the taxgatherers stopped Peter and asked him, ''Doth not thy Master pay the Temple tax1''
Peter was embarrassed and on the spur of the mo­ ment he answered, "Yes." But at once he realized that he had spoken rashly, for he knew that our Savior