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.”

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time