Give to God what belongs to God - 29th Sunday of the Year, Year A

Audio Divina

English - October 17, 2023 22:02 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MB
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Give to God what belongs to God: The leaders of Israel take the initiative, sending representatives of the Pharisees and some Herodians to trap Jesus. Righteous Religion - the Pharisees - and political convenience - the Herodians - join to pose a question where whatever Jesus answers will be wrong. He will support the Roman tax, and thus offend the Pharisees, or reject it, and thus offend the Herodians. But he asks them for a coin that bears the effigy of Caesar. There are matters that belong to Caesar. His questioners are looking after that, as is obvious from their possession of the Roman coin. But they are to render to God what belongs to God. They are called to recognise the presence of God's Son among them. In this, they continue to fail.

Presented by world-renowned biblical scholar Rev. Professor Francis J. Moloney SDB AM, Audio Divina, is a Lectio-Divina styled reflection on the gospel for the 29th Sunday of the year, Year A.

Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-21

Gospel read by Bridie and Declan

Narrated by Michael Gartland

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