Children’s Liturgy
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-21
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God and the World
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?”
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
All the experts of hypocrisy and deceit came together to trap Jesus to choose between God and Caesar.
Holy Scripture teaches:
“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings
Mal. 3:8
People pay taxes for the work the authorities do to look after their citizens. Likewise, Christians give a form of tax to the church for providing for their spiritual needs.
Activity
Fill in the missing words:
Donations – Taxes
We give our ………………1……………… to the church and pay …………2…………… to the authorities for everything that is needed for them to function properly.