22 Oct 2023
What Belongs to God?
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For 22 October 2023, Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 22:15–21
The Pharisees went and plotted to entrap Jesus in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?’ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ‘Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax.’ And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, ‘Whose head is this, and whose title?’ They answered, ‘The emperor’s.’ Then he said to them, ‘Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
23 October 2023 @ 4:20 am
Thank you Fr. Scott!
23 October 2023 @ 7:31 am
Thank you, Fr. Scott for reminding us that we owe God everything for all we have has been his daily gift to us. Oh, how extravagant is God’s gifts to us. I can never repay God only pray for the grace to love God more deeply and my neighbor as myself.
Blessings on your preaching,
Brigid, OP
23 October 2023 @ 6:47 pm
Thanks Fr Scott – I hope you got your nap eventually!