Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Thirty-Third Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 19: 45-48 In today’s gospel Jesus upon entering the Holy City, cleanses the Temple. The money-changers in the Temple courtyard provided a necessary service-selling doves and lambs to pilgrims for ritual sacrifices. The business transactions would have taken place […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Thirty-First Week Of Ordinary Time John 2: 13-22 Today’s Gospel is a difficult passage, and it is also inconsistent with what we know of God and Jesus’ action of making a whip and chasing out the moneylenders and the bazaar. According to what I have […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 19:45-48 Jesus has entered Jerusalem and he is being welcomed as ‘King’.. a King of a different kind – of love and peace, of the poor, tax collectors, the sick etc . He is saddened by current state of […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time John 2:13-22 The trading in the temple was part of the daily routine in the Jewish life. It was a technically interpreted legitimate trade to fulfil the laws as given by Moses for temple worship. Pilgrims and others who did […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 19:45-48 Jesus was very focussed throughout his ministry on his mission. He got upset when he saw the vendors selling coins and doves etc right in front of the temple and reminded them that the temple was a house of […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time John 2:13-22 In today’s Gospel Passage, two things stand out The festival was that of the Passover (v.13 – The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem) In preparation for this festival, which commemorated the […]
A Prophet is Unacceptable in His Own Country
Luke 4:24-30 At so many places you are refused and ruled out, your conversation and talk about the Lord is regarded as less important, and even in these circumstances the Lord is counting on you to bring a powerful change to society and the people around you. Be resolute to bring the real meaning out of […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
John 2:13-25 The scripture passage informs us that the incident in today’s Gospel occurs near the Passover festival. It is the festival when all of Israel will visit the Holy Temple at Jerusalem. The people recollect the very first Passover when the blood of the lamb saved Israel’s first born and the hand of […]