COMMENTARY
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
18 October 2026
Reading 1: Isaiah 45: 1, 4–6
Israel Set Free by God’s Power to Work Through People and Nations
"I am the Lord, and there is no other."
: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1–5b
The Model Church: A Strong Church or Work
"For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you."
Gospel: Mathew 22: 15–21
The Question About God and Caesar: The Two Citizenships
“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
