What you have is good enough. Yesterday, I was struck by one of our preschool teachers bringing a small vase of flowers in water and rocks over to the Blessed Mother for May Crowning. The student who brought them in was sick and she said she "couldn't help but not take them to our mother." What a small, but beautiful offering!

Meanwhile, I had just gotten off the phone with my mom. She had told me the following story that has really stuck with me.

Mother Theresa was on an airplane, speaking to the man next to her who was telling her how he was not good at raising money for the organization he worked for. "Why not?", she asked. He didn't really have an answer.

As the stewardess came around with the meals, Mother asked if she could have the $1 she had paid with her ticket for her meal in place of getting the meal. The stewardess checked with the pilot and he said the airline would be fine with that. Who on earth would dig into their meal as they watched a poor old nun give up her meal? All the passengers on the flight gave up their meals for $1 a piece and gave the money to Mother Theresa. The total was $125. She looked at the man next to her and said, "You can't be afraid to ask".

As the flight was nearing it's end she told the same man next to her to ask the stewardess if they could borrow a truck. She looked at him oddly, and returned a few minutes later to tell him that a truck would be waiting for them upon landing. Mother Theresa then piped up and asked the stewardess what would happen to the uneaten meals. She did not know, so Mother asked if she might have them. Again, the stewardess asked and the response was "Yes", for they would go to waste.

When the flight landed Mother Theresa had the gentlemen put 125 airline dinners in the back of the truck and hold on for dear life in the passenger's seat. (apparently she was not a very good driver!) She drove them from the Mexican airport to a remote, impoverished town, where she hopped out, opened the back of the truck, and began distributing the meals. The man knew that this was the last place he would have found himself had he not encountered her.

I can only imagine! No matter how small the offering we bring, whatever it is suffices. It may be as small as a child's or as intuitive as Mother Theresa's. What you have is good enough and never be afraid to ask!