From the Gospel Reading, 3^rd Sunday in Lent:

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business.  And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”  The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”  But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. John 2:13-15,19-25

Reflection: What a wonderful gift we were given as Catholics during this age. We have not only the promise of the resurrection of the body, but, the knowledge that The Son of God Himself was raised from the dead. We have The Word of God by the direction of The Holy Spirit. The Jews that lived prior to Christ hoped in the resurrection and coming of the Messiah. But, it was hope built on faith alone. They did not have the life and death of The Son of God as witness of God’s supreme love. The apostles were the first to share and witness The Word of God made flesh. We too may witness and share the Word of God today, in The Eucharist, and through Holy Scripture. It is our purpose on earth to know God. How can we do this if we have not read His Word. Lent is a time when we attempt to come closer to God in prayer and scripture as we read His Word and life in The Ignatius Bible.

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