JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE.
JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE.
"Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.”
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, but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words." (Luke 19: 45 - 48).
Friday 21st November 2025 in 33rd Week in Ordinary Time.
Jesus entered the Temple and was shocked by what He saw.
He censored the traders defiling the holy place: "My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.”
The Temple/Church is a consecrated place for the worship of God.
The civil society understands the idea of respect for certain places.
The first time I went to a traffic court, I had unintentionally my baseball cap on as I stepped into the court. The police officer shouted at me to remove the cap. I obeyed.
The Church should welcome everyone into its Sanctuary for Sunday worship.
The Church teaches that it is Jesus who is the celebrant in every Mass. He is present in the person of the priest whom we see.
Have you noticed that on Sundays, the priest is dressed in the best sacred vestments?
Some people attend Sunday Mass in baseball game outfit?
If the mayor or the governor invites you for a lunch, how do you dress?
Jesus Christ deserves no less respect.
My house shall be a house of prayer.
Please do not make it a marketplace.
The Prophet Malachi foresaw the degradation of the sacred ministers of the Temple and prophesied:
"For he will be like a refiner’s fire,
like fullers’ lye. He will sit refining and purifying silver, and he will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, that they may bring offerings to the Lord in righteousness." (Malachi 3: 2 - 3).
Let us continue to lift up the Church and the clergy to the mercy of God.
The month of November is traditionally dedicated in the Catholic Church to honoring the dead and relieving the sufferings of the souls in purgatory.
Pope Benedict XVI":
‘A soul stained by sin cannot present itself to God…The soul that is aware of the immense love and perfect justice of God consequently suffers for not having responded correctly and perfectly to that love,’ the pope said, adding that the suffering is purgatory. Purgatory is like a purifying fire burning inside a person, a painful experience of regret for one’s sins.”
Do not neglect your loved ones.
For Catholic Church teaching on the Souls in PURGATORY and how to help them, click the link below:
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