Archive for 'Purity'

Cleansing God’s Temple

Luke 19: 45-48 Rev 10:8-11 / Psa 119 My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. (Luke 19:46) Blessed is he with blameless ways, All God’s decrees are his delight; God purified him with His grace, His temple God filled with His light. When Jesus entered [...]

Sanctity of the Temple

John 2:13-22 EZ 47:1-2,8-9,12 / Ps 46 / 1Cor 3:9-11,16-17 “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” (John 2:16-17) Let our Church be a font of grace, Where we honor Christ’s sacrifice; Don’t treat it [...]

Feast of All the Saints

Matthew 5:1-12a 1 Jn 3: 1-3 / Ps 24 / Rv 7:2-4,9-14 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3) Our Lord gave us the Beatitudes That like His saints we may be blessed. Today, praise God with all gratitude For the hope of eternal rest. When Jesus [...]

What Defiles or Purifies

Mark 7: 14-23 1 Kgs 10:1-10 / Ps 37 Do you not see that whatever comes from outside cannot make one unclean? Since it enters not the heart but the stomach and is finally passed out. (Mark 7:18-19) Sow good seeds in our words and deeds, Let no evil come from within; We cannot harvest [...]

Encounter in the Temple

Luke 2:22-40 Mal 3: 1-4 / Psa 24 / Heb 2:14-18 Lord, as you have promised, you can now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people… (Luke 2:29-30) Like Simeon and Anna, may we see That Jesus Christ is life’s [...]

Cleansing the Temple

Luke 19: 45-48 1 Mc 4: 36-37,52-59 / 1 Chr 29 My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. (Luke 19:46) This temple has been purified By blood of Jesus crucified. Remember if it’s stained again, Christ’s death would then have been in vain. Jesus entered [...]