29 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 22:15-21 A Flip of the Coin Coins There was a man who kept a garden in his back yard and every year would grow a variety of vegetables to help feed his family. But one year, for whatever reason, his garden completely failed, nothing grew at all. And yet his neighbor, his good friend, had an abundant harvest, loads of tomatoes, zucchini, etc. So, in frustration and upset, he decided to steal from his neighbor. So late one night he went out into the darkness to steal from his neighbor’s garden. But he didn’t go alone; he took along his little boy to keep a look-out in case anyone should come along. The man jumped over the fence with a large bag on his arm, and before commencing to take the corn he looked all around to make sure no one was watching, first to the left and then to the right, behind him and in front, and not seeing anyone, he was just about to start filling his bag. And tit was then tha...
