The Two Giants

Third Sunday of Lent Year B

John 2: 13-25    “Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”                           

March 11, 2012

Jesus told those who were selling doves: “Get them out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”

At the time of our Lord, two giants were continually at war with each other – the Marketplace and the Father’s House, and when He saw that it had been infiltrated by the money changers, His inborn pride triggered a violent reaction. Acting alone, Jesus drove them out!

We are attracted to both the Marketplace and the Father’s House. Take the issue of life. Can it be bought or sold or it its value beyond all price?

Lent is fitting time both to catch a spark form the fiery zeal of the Lord and to clarify our values.

We now pray: “O LOVING FATHER, ENLIGHTEN US THAT WE MAY CLEARLY SEE THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR FATHER’S HOUSE. THIS IS OUR PRAYER THROUGH JESUS YOUR SON OUR LORD. AMEN.”