Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Robbinsdale shared a gospel meditation on giving back to God all that belongs to him and parishioners' roles as citizens and taxpayers. 

“The inappropriate distribution and use of hard-earned monies can leave a person quite angry and disconnected. It’s bad enough the government wants something from me, now God does, too?” the reflection said in the church bulletin. 

The truth is that God really cares very little about our money. The intersection on our loyalty and our usage of money, though, can be a very telling connection. We tend to put our money towards things that we care about or desire and in that way the money we possess can be a good metric for the state of our hearts.

“As the payment of secular taxes speaks of our allegiance to the government, our return to God speaks of our allegiance to God. All of creation, even the entire universe, is fashioned in the image and likeness of God. What speaks to God and has meaning and relevance to him? All of creation and indeed our very selves!” the reflection said in the church bulletin. 

When we give our allegiance to God, we open the door to God helping up to set our priorities straight. We see that God is the Creator and Author of life and that it is He who we should be devoting ourselves to in our time on this earth.

“In giving back to God all that belongs to God, we set the axis of our lives correctly and put our priorities in proper order. All of our relationships, especially with God, our brothers and sisters and all of creation are perceived more clearly as they really are,” the reflection said, the bulletin reported.

Let us not waste any more time when it comes to giving back to God, who is the reason that we exist.