THE GOSPEL
John 2:13-25Take these out of here, and stop making
my Father’s house a marketplace.
“Take these out of here!”
This you told the sellers of doves.
For what
shall we make room
in your Father’s house,
Jesus?
More room for
love of God and our neighbor?
See all the world’s suffering
and make it all
well?
Show us how. We see the signs that you are
doing 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 imprisoned, 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.
