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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

Thought for the Day # 75 - Tuesday, June 9, 2020

“What Does it Mean to be Righteous?”

Reading of the Gospel according to Saint Luke. (Lk 20, 20-25)

Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be
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sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand
him over to the power and authority of the governor. So the spies questioned
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him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do
not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 22 Is
it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” He saw through their duplicity
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and said to them, “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on
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it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what
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is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Spies who played the role of righteous men. A role. Am I playing the part of
a righteous man or am I actually a righteous man? A powerful question.

What do righteous people do? Righteous people see the image of God in
others. “To God what is God’s.” Where is the image of God? We find the image
of God in every human being. Every human being belongs to God.

Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 90