SUNDAY 29 – Ordinary Time – YEAR A Listening to “ The world deceives Jesus” (Passion by Bach), let us pray for Him to carry us to the Truth
The latest discussions in Jerusalem announce the death of Jesus 5th Part of the Gospel of Matthew (ch 21-25): “Your King enters humbly in Jerusalem” The latest discussions in Jerusalem announce the death of Jesus Palace of Herod and Pilate, representatives of Caeser in Jerusalem
Discussion on God and the Caeser Walls of the Palace
Mt 22:15-21 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk.
The last Just cornered by the powers of the world Do I yield to blackmail of the powerful? Figure of the Yad WaShem, the Holocaust museum in JERUSALEM
And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
I, to who do I seek to please? You are the TRUTH, free of false praise I, to who do I seek to please?
Tell us, then, what you think Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
The eagerness of money carries to hypocrisy Dou you pay the tax that corresponds to you, or do traps to be richer? The N.Y. Stock Exchange has an annual turnover of 21 billion dollars
Show me the coin for the tax. " And they brought him a denarius Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said, "Caesar's."
If you are mastered by money, you will be its slave Caesar’s currencies Doing politics is to look for the Good of all, not the privilege of a few…
Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
First satisfy the hungry, and then you can decorate the altar with what you have left. Your brother is the most valuable Temple. (St. John Chrysostom) Giving to the citizenship what corresponds, you will give to God what is His
Lord , at this time of world economic crisis, help us to give to the world and to God, what we owe them