When King Josiah heard the book of the law read, he tore his garments. He did this because he knew, he realized that God's people were accountable to obey God's Word whether they cared enough to know it or not.
In the first reading today, we see Ahab is being selfish. He wants Naboth’s vineyard. Naboth says no, the vineyard meant a lot to him from his ancestors.
Where is God? Where do we encounter Him? We tend to think it is in big things and big events, but God often is in the small events. Therefore, we can miss Him speaking to us. We miss Him directing us.
We know that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament, and His life and teaching among us fulfills what was being slowly revealed and taught in the Old Testament.
Can you imagine how the people with Jesus were feeling when he told them that the widow that gave her two last coins, gave more than all the others? We often measure by amounts.
Jesus, in the Gospel, is explaining how He can be called the Son of David the great King. He is referring to himself as lord, another name for the king, and then using the word Lord with a capital L for God.
Timothy says this saying is trustworthy: “If we have died with him we shall also live with him; if we persevere we shall also reign with him, but if we deny him he will deny us. If we are unfaithful he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.
Jesus said to them, "Are you not misled because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? Yet they prided themselves in being religious leaders. They did not even understand the difference of the next life in the resurrection compared to this world.
Jesus really has a way of answering the questions posed to Him in a way to make the people think, as well as giving an answer people do not expect. Jesus supports the tax by saying yes pay the tax with a coin that has Caesar’s image on it.