First Reading
The scripture passage from Exodus where God gives his people the ten commandments; the way they are to live, what they are to do and not do, so that God is, indeed, God and we are his people.
Psalm
God’s words, his commandments, become our law, our way of life, and they give everlasting life, refreshes the soul, gives wisdom, enlightenment, and more precious than gold, sweeter than honey.
Second Reading
Saint Paul teaches the Corinthians that Jesus Christ crucified is the power and wisdom of God; a stumbling block for some and foolishness for others.
Gospel
Jesus goes to Jerusalem and enters the temple. There he finds merchants selling oxen, sheep, and doves. There were also money changers. He made a whip out of cords driving them out of the temple, spilling the coins and overturning their tables. “Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace,” he says. The authorities could not defend the merchants and moneychangers. They had bent, if not broken, the first commandment putting commerce before God. Rather, they demanded a sign from Jesus – which he gives but they cannot see. Zeal for the Father’s house and his own body, risen from the dead, as the new and everlasting temple.
Notes and Commentary by Don McCrabb, D. Min., USCMA Executive Director.
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