Doesn’t Your Teacher Pay the Temple Tax?

Photo of snails overlooking a waterfall and speaking the Shalom Snail couplet.
โ€œDoesnโ€™t Your Teacher Pay the Temple Tax?โ€
Matthew 17:24-27 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, โ€œDoesnโ€™t your teacher pay the temple tax?โ€

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Authentic Personhood

Widow’s Mite: 6th century image

9th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday

In the course of his teaching Jesus said, โ€œBeware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.

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The Royal Image

9th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday

Mark 12:13-17

We Have No King But Caesar

โ€œIs it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?โ€

The Pharisees and the Herodians thought they had Jesus cornered.… Read the rest