Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5; and Matthew 22:15-21. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 96 (Psalm 96:1, 3-5, 7-10).
The Gospel reading is as follows:
The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone's opinion, for you do not regard a person's status. Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?"
Knowing their malice, Jesus said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin that pays the census tax."
Then they handed him the Roman coin.
He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?"
They replied, "Caesar's."
At that he said to them, "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God."
Reflections on these readings:
Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio: Render Unto Caesar
The Deacon's Bench: Homily for October 16, 2011: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (15 OCT 11)
Msgr. Charles Pope: God and God Alone: A Meditation on the Gospel for the 29th Sunday of the Year (15 OCT 11)
Dr. Scott Hahn: Caesar and the King (October 16th, 2011 - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Word Embodied: To Caesar What is God’s
Dominican Daily: Sirius XM Radio October 14, 2011
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