The Question about Paying Taxes

The Question about Paying Taxes

Reflection on the Gospel of the Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time   Matthew 22: 15-21 Whose image is this? Jesus asks the question about the image on the Roman coin to the disciples of pharisees and the herodians. Like the pharisees and scribes during the time of Jesus, we too can be caught in legalities. […]

The Question about Paying Taxes

The Question about Paying Taxes

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Ninth Week Of Ordinary Time   Mark 12: 13-17 In todays gospel note how the Pharisees and Herodians use the truth in a dishonest way to achieve their ends. They correctly say that Jesus teaches the way of God in accordance with the truth, but then […]

The Question About Paying Taxes

Mark 12:13-17   Verse 13 starts with telling us of the disposition of the Pharisees and the Herodians. The Pharisees prided themselves on their love of the Law and they being pure in mind, body and action. The Herodians were a political group, aligned with Herod. If I may say so, a little less abhorrent […]