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We should all be diligent in preparing for the end of our earthly lives, our particular judgment at the time of our death, and our eternal destiny, especially by heeding the counsel of the divine Sophia.

In today’s gospel, Jesus bemoans the fact that these religious leaders did not practice what they preached. The kingdom of God is the real world of authentic, humble service of the Lord and our neighbor. 

There is nothing more basic to the Christian life than keeping the twin commandments of love. “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, soul and mind. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But as we all know, the twin commandments are much easier to recite than to put into practice.

In his famous one-liner: "render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and render to God what is God’s," Jesus is simply clarifying for his disciples that everything ultimately belongs to the one true God.