Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 18, 2020

Tje Nativity welcomes Father In today’s Gospel and the religious leaders in Leonardo J. Gajardo, of Cross continue their tense exchange of Catholic Outreach, who is questions and challenges. At this point the disciples speaking this weekend at all of the , together with the Herodians, try to entrap Jesus by their question about the payment of Masses on behalf of the poor in taxes. Matthew sets up an unusual partnership developing countries. Cross between the Pharisees and the Herodians. The Catholic Outreach was founded Herodians were supporters of , a to create a meaningful link Jewish political leader who collaborated with the between parishes in America and Romans. Such collaboration would have required a the priest and nuns working in the compromised observance of the Mosaic Law. The Church overseas in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Central Pharisees, on the other hand, taught scrupulous and South America. observance of the Mosaic Law and opposed Roman occupation. Herodians favored the payment of taxes; the Pharisees opposed it. The Herodians and Father Leonardo J. Gajardo is a member of the U.S. the Pharisees approach Jesus, asking that he take Province of the Priests of the Society of St. Sulpice and sides in their dispute. If Jesus answers with the a priest of the Diocese of Gary, IN. He was ordained in Pharisees,firstF he shows himself to be an enemy of 2006 and is an alumnus of Theological College, the Rome. If he answers with the Herodians, he offends national seminary of The Catholic University of popular Jewish religious sensibilities. Jesus’ America. In 2018, he was assigned to serve a member response Sunday to this in attempt Ordinary to trap Time him exposes – August the 23, 2015of Theological College’s formation faculty and as guile of his questioners. From his first words to them, seminary’s Director of Liturgy. Father Gajardo was born Jesus shows that he is very much aware of what in Santiago, Chile and immigrated with his family to the they are trying to do. He asks to see a Roman coin, United States in 1990. He did his undergraduate which is readily provided to him. It may have come from the hand of a Herodian, but the Pharisees show studies in philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary themselves to be quite willing to accept this in Detroit, MI and completed his seminary formation at compromise. Jesus has already exposed the Theological College, earning an S.T.B. from The Pharisees as hypocrites. Jesus takes his response Catholic University of America. After three years of one step further. He asks that his questioners service in a parish in his diocese, Father Gajardo examine the coin. Agreeing that it is Caesar’s image returned to CUA to complete his studies in canon law, on the coin, Jesus tells them that it must belong to receiving a J.C.L. in 2010. For one year, he served as an Caesar. Avoiding the question of lawfulness ecclesiastical judge of the Tribunal of the Diocese of altogether, Jesus answers their question with simple Gary. In 2011, he was admitted as a candidate to the logic. Then, going further still, Jesus tells them that their obligation is to pay to God that which belongs Sulpicians. He served three years on the formation to God. Jesus’ response to the Herodians and faculty and as professor of canon law at St. Mary’s Pharisees suggests the ethic that Christians ought Seminary & University in Baltimore, MD. In 2014, he to adopt. It reminds us of the importance of keeping was assigned to begin post-graduate studies in things in their proper perspective. Do we attach liturgical theology at the Pontifical University of the ourselves to worldly things at the expense of the love Holy Cross (Sancta Croce) in Rome. He earned a S.T.L. and honor that we owe to God? Love you, in 2016 and is currently finishing work on his doctoral Fr. Pawel. dissertation.

October 17- 24, 2020

Sat. 10/17 8:00 am Souls in Purgatory 5:30 pm +Theresa McNair Washington Comitium and Curiae Sun. 10/18 8:00am +Wilfreda Alvarado International Rosary Rally +Cornelia Rivera 10:00am People of the Parish Saturday October 24 1:00pm Carlos Gonzalez (birthday) Mon. 10/19 12:00 +Francisco Agcaoili 8:00 AM Holy Mass Tue. 10/20 12:00 Anna Sass 9:00 AM Eucharistic Procession Wed. 10/21 No Mass (immediately after Mass) Thu. 10/22 12:00 All Seminarians 10:00 AM Eucharistic Adoration Fri. 10/23 12:00 +Francisco Agcoaili (Holy Hour) Sat. 10/24 8:00 am of Mary 11:00 AM International Rosary Rally 5:30 pm Special intentions 11:30 AM Church clean-up

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