November 19, 2010
D A I L Y G O S P E L
Jesus’ anger at the profanation of the Temple with economic practices is a reminder to us to ensure that our worship and lives are kept free of such pollution. There is a time and a place to hold a market. Inside the Temple is not that place. Let us ensure that the House of God, the Church, remains exactly that and that when we are inside the Church we recognize the presence of God in a special way in the Blessed Sacrament (in the tabernacle) and spend some time in prayer.
Luke 19:45-48
45 Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, 46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’ ” 47 And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, 48 but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.
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