Father Matthew Wiering Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
In today's Gospel Jesus turns over the tables of the money changers and drives out those who were selling livestock outside the Temple. He did this not because there was anything objectively evil going on but because he could sense that worldliness had invaded the sacred space of the Temple. When he sees disorder within God's house he has no time or tolerance for it but must drive it out. If this is true for the Temple in Jerusalem, which is merely a sign and foreshadowing of its fulfillment in the person of Jesus, how much more is this true when Jesus finds disorder within me, who St. Paul calls, "a Temple of the Holy Spirit." May we cooperate with this purifying work of Jesus and he sees and drives out evil within us!
10/20/19: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: We Can't Do it Alone
10/13/19: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Humility (and Gratitude!) for Suffering
10/6/19: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: To Have Faith is to Surrender
9/29/19: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God Prefers the Poor (a.k.a. What Will Keep Us Out of Hell)
9/22/19: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Opposite of Love is Use
9/15/19: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Prodigal Son and the Foolish Mercy of God
9/8/19: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: "Hating" our Loved Ones (a.k.a. Loving God First)
9/1/19: 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Humble Realize they are Needy Too
8/25/19: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our Salvation Depends on It
8/15/19: What the Assumption of Mary Means for Us
8/11/19: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Your Father is Pleased
8/4/19: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: What Matters to God
7/28/19: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Importance of Wasting Time (a.k.a. How We Fall in Love)
6/2/19: Ascension Sunday: Why the Disciples were Happy that Jesus Left
5/26/19: 6th Sunday of Easter: How to Restore Peace in our Hearts (a.k.a. The Pirate's Prayer)
5/19/19: 5th Sunday of Easter: Love is Proven by Deeds (a.k.a. Why Catholics have Crucifixes)
5/12/19: 4th Sunday of Easter: Imitating the most Famous Belgian Ever
5/5/19: 3rd Sunday of Easter: Charcoal Fires and Cheetos
4/28/19: 2nd Sunday of Easter: The Locked Door of our Heart
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