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Reflection - Week of October 18

Question of the Week:


This week ahead, how will I repay to God what belongs to God?




















     The Roman coin makes the “repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar” half of this lesson easy to remember (Matthew 22:21). But sometimes we overlook the “[repay] to God what belongs to God” half (22:21). We owe our very lives to God. Created in God’s image, given breath and life by our creator, we have been baptized in Christ Jesus and confirmed in the Holy Spirit, chosen as disciples to live out the gospel throughout the course of our lives. We bear the image of God. We are called to repay God with our whole selves.

     How often do we get frustrated shopping for a gift, throw up our hands, and say: What do you get someone who has everything? Well, what if that someone is God? What can we give God, who has everything and has already given us everything we have? We give God thanks and praise, of course, through prayer and worship. But

because all people are God’s children, we can also give to those in need from the gifts we have received. Just as we might give gifts to our close friends’ young children, we can also give gifts to God’s children.

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