October 22, 2023 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily: Dcn. Dan Foley

Christ the King Catholic Church

Gospel reading Mt 22:15-21.

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 22, 2023, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Deacon Dan Foley, Christ the King Catholic Church.

In the reading from Isaiah, God uses a pagan conquerer to bring Israel into political freedom, but in Jesus the final plan to bring the human person into complete spiritual freedom and eternal life with the Triune God, is revealed

The coin Jesus held was stamped with the image of Tiberius Caesar, but the human person is stamped with the image of God. For we are made in God’s image. We are called to recognize that image in every person for the love of God, cannot be separated from love of God.