“For 46 years this Temple has been being built, and you are going to raise it up in three days?”
John 2.20
In Sunday’s gospel Jesus cleanses the Temple. The passage focuses on his prophetic actions, chasing out the animals for sacrifice, dumping the coins for paying Temple taxes, and overturning the money changers’ tables. Jesus’ prophetic actions take place at Passover, the best time for business at the Temple. What Jesus does is like throwing out the merchandise at Macy’s the last week before Christmas.
What prophetic action might Jesus do in our Church today?
Scripture Readings: Ezekiel 47, 1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 Corinthians 3.9c-11, 16-17; John 2.13-22
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