Mc 12, 13-17
En aquel tiempo, los sumos sacerdotes, los escribas y los ancianos le enviaron a Jesús unos fariseos y unos partidarios de Herodes, para hacerle una pregunta capciosa. Se acercaron, pues, a él y le dijeron: “Maestro, sabemos que eres sincero y que no te importa lo que diga la gente, porque no tratas de adular a los hombres, sino que enseñas con toda verdad el camino de Dios. ¿Está permitido o no, pagarle el tributo al César? ¿Se lo damos o no se lo damos?”
Jesús, notando su hipocresía, les dijo: “¿Por qué me ponen una trampa? Tráiganme una moneda para que yo la vea”. Se la trajeron y él les preguntó: “¿De quién es la imagen y el nombre que lleva escrito?” Le contestaron: “Del César”. Entonces les respondió Jesús: “Den al César lo que es del César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios”. Y los dejó admirados.
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GospelMK 12:13-17
Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent
to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech.
They came and said to him,
“Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man
and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.
You do not regard a person’s status
but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?
Should we pay or should we not pay?”
Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them,
“Why are you testing me?
Bring me a denarius to look at.”
They brought one to him and he said to them,
“Whose image and inscription is this?”
They replied to him, “Caesar’s.”
So Jesus said to them,
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.
to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech.
They came and said to him,
“Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man
and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.
You do not regard a person’s status
but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?
Should we pay or should we not pay?”
Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them,
“Why are you testing me?
Bring me a denarius to look at.”
They brought one to him and he said to them,
“Whose image and inscription is this?”
They replied to him, “Caesar’s.”
So Jesus said to them,
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.
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Meditacion:
Es muy dificil abstraerse en momentos como estos, cuando por aca ese "pecado original" que es el racismo parece haber aflorado nuevamente, en otro de sus incontables signos.
Y viniendo de un Pais donde los ultimos 5 siglos la dominacion del que menos tiene y el racismo tambien esta presente cada dia.
Ayer leia clerigos perdidos, sin saber como responder, si acompañar al pueblo en sus marchas, si quedarse.... perdidos...
Y es que momentos de la humanidad como el que estamos viviendo a veces nos hace perder la brujula de hacia quien mirar.
Pero el Evangelio nos trae hoy una respuesta. Al gobierno se le paga, a Dios se le agradece.
Y que podemos hacer nosotros, catolicos, frente a la injusticia? Un escrito, una proclama no cambiara nada, no parara un baston que golpea, una bala que se dispara.
Vivimos en una democracia, la unica forma de cambiar las cosas es militar activamente en algun partido politico y votar. Mientras no estemos convencido que el voto cambia, no cambiaremos nada.
Votar, controlar a aquellos que nos dirigen politicamente, involucrarse en causas sociales es la unica manera de "cambiar" y terminar con las desigualdades, mas que una marcha que "rompa todo" y que solo le da mas discurso a la contraparte.
Nuevamente "a Dios lo que es de Dios, al Cesar lo que es de el Cesar".
"Señor hazme no ser indiferentes a las causas sociales que afectan a mis hermanos" Amen
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It is very difficult to abstract in moments like these, when here that "original sin" that is racism seems to have emerged again, in another of its countless signs.
And coming from a country where the last 5 centuries the domination of the least and racism is also present every day.
Yesterday I read lost clergymen, not knowing how to respond, whether to accompany the people on their marches, whether to stay ... lost ...
And it is that moments of humanity like the one we are living sometimes make us lose the compass to whom to look.
But the Gospel brings us an answer today. The government is paid, God is thanked.
And what can we Catholics do in the face of injustice? A writing, a proclamation will not change anything, it will not stop a stick that hits, a bullet that is shot.
We live in a democracy, the only way to change things is to actively military in some political party and vote. As long as we are not convinced that the vote changes, we will not change anything.
Voting, controlling those who lead us politically, getting involved in social causes is the only way to "change" and end inequalities, rather than a march that "breaks everything" and that only gives more discourse to the counterpart.
Again "to God what is of God, to Caesar what is of Caesar".
"Lord, make me not be indifferent to the social causes that affect my brothers" Amen
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