The things that are God’s 

The Jewish leaders wanted Jesus to deny that we have any obligations toward secular society. His response was that we must know where to draw the line. This requires that we be discerning people who live in secular society but know “the things that are God’s.” Do we know where to dissent from the secular media’s presentation of the news? Do we bring Christlike compassion to our analysis of the situation of immigrants fleeing hunger and oppression? And are we ready to do all we can to eliminate the scandalous situation of African Americans who are beset by the challenges that bedevil our inner cities? 

—Fr. Jack Zupez, SJ, is a member of the Jesuits Central and Southern Province. He lives at Jesuit Hall in St. Louis and has served in full-time prison ministry.