Repay to God, What belongs to God

GOSPEL THOUGHTS

*Ordinary Season : Ninth Week :  Tuesday*

*Gospel :  Mk 12:13-17*

*First Reading : Tb 2:9-14*

*Repay to God, What belongs to God*

*1) Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”*

In the Gospel of the day,  we have this beautiful thought by Jesus 

In this context, let us focus our attention on those various things which belong to God, and which we are supposed to pay back to God

*2) Various Things Which belong to God*

*A) Our Life* Our entire life belongs to God. We have received this beautiful life from God. Its our duty, that we need to reutun this beautiful life, with good things to God 

By living a good and moral life 

By committing our life, for the spread of the Gospel

By spending our life for the service of the needy 

*B) Our Soul* God has given us a beautiful and Holy Soul, to experience His divine presence in us 

Its our duty to maintain the cleanliness and holiness of the Soul and to return it with its original beauty to the Lord 

*C) Our Talents and Skills* All the talents and skills we have recevi from the Lord. So we are supposed to repay those things to the Lord

By using our talents and skills to do good work 

By using our talents and skills to help some one 

By using our talents and Skills in the service of the needy 

By using our talents and skills to preach the Gospel of Christ 

These are the ways through which we repay the Lord, the Good things God has given us 

*D) Our Mind* Mind is the center of knowledge and wisdom 

When we use this knowledge to educate some one, when we use this knowledge to teach about the kingdom of God, when we use this knowledge to know the Truth, to fight for justice, to reach the ignorant, to fight for the rights of the people, we repay the Lord, the gift of our mind to the Lord

*E) Our Heart* Our heart belongs to God. Heart is the symbol of Love and emotions

When we love our neighbors, and enemies like Jesus, we repay the value of Heart to the Lord 

A compassionate heart, a crying heart, a heart which wishes good things to others, a heart which is able bear with one another, a heart which shows only the sweetness of Love, are the various forms of heart which we repay to God 

*Time* It belongs to God, and it is the gift of God to me. How much time I give to the Lord? 

*Nature* This beautiful Nature belongs to God. The same God has given me this beautiful nature. What type of Nature I give back to the Lord? 

*Family* Family belongs to God. It is a Gods gift to me. My parents are Gods gift to me. 

What type of Fatherhood and Motherhood I repay to the Lord? 

*3) What do I have in my Life to repay to the Lord?*

This is a very serious and important question in our life? 

In fact everything in my life is  God's gift to me. 

If so, what do I have in my life to repay to the Lord? 

Generosity?

Love?

Service?

Holy Life?

Humility?

Sincerity?

Sacrifice? 

Forgiveness? 

Total commitment of Life?

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim DSouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*