For 18 October 2026, The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 22:15–21, sent in from Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
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.
About Linda Lysakowski
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, MTS-FT is an Adrian Dominican Associate and an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, who hold a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from the Franciscan School of Theology at University of San Diego. She is active in St Bernadette Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO, and in the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph. She is the author of approximately forty books. On a personal level, she is the mother of four living children, grandmother of nine, great grandmother of 14, and great-great grandmother of two.
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18 Sun Oct 2026
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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.
About Linda Lysakowski
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, MTS-FT is an Adrian Dominican Associate and an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, who hold a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from the Franciscan School of Theology at University of San Diego. She is active in St Bernadette Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO, and in the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph. She is the author of approximately forty books. On a personal level, she is the mother of four living children, grandmother of nine, great grandmother of 14, and great-great grandmother of two.