THE GOSPEL
John 2:13-25Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.
“Take
these out of here!”
This you told the sellers of doves.
Then
what space
shall we reserve
in your Father’s house,
Jesus?
More room
for love of God
and our neighbor?
for all the world’s suffering
to make it all
well?
Show us how.
We see the signs that you
do this very day. Help us trust in your
love.
Let all of us, brothers and sisters,
come together in the temple of
your body and learn how to
care for each
other.
THE FIRST READING
Exodus 20:1-17
In those days, God delivered these commandments.
Carve them here,
O God,
into
our
stony
hearts.
Rules
to guide us.
love God, and love our neighbor:
cure the sick; feed the hungry;
free the ones in prison;
heal
the planet.
Help us to love you as you love us, and
to love our neighbor as ourselves.
Every day, in every way
in all we do and in
all we say.
