Temples

March 15th, 2012 Posted in photo, writing

Jesus refused to tolerate the cheapening or exploitation of the temple in Jerusalem, which he called “my Father’s house.” He drove out the sellers of animals and the moneychangers because they didn’t pay it the respect and reverence it deserved.

At the same time, he declared that from then on he, Jesus, was the real temple. Just as the Jewish people came to the Jerusalem temple to meet God, he invited everyone to come to him and there find God living and working .

St. Paul added, in his first letter to the Christians in Corinth, that we, too, are temples. I think that clearly implies that people should be able to come to us (and we should be able to come to each other) and find God present.

God, who made the Jerusalem temple his home for a time and who’s made his permanent home in Jesus, makes us temples. That’s a great gift for which we should pray to be appropriately grateful, not just in Lent but all the time.

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