3rd Sunday of Lent
Gospel – John 2:13-25
“Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market.” Temple signifies the presence of God. God who condescends to be with People whom He adopted as His own with all their defects and weaknesses. And His presence is gratuitous. This gratuitous presence is to create culture of reciprocal gratuitous love. Whereas it became a market where everything is calculated, and nothing is gratuitous. Everything is profit oriented. In the house of the Lord, who is gratuitously giving everything, the market culture took over. This is why Jesus was so furious about it. The culture of bazaar which is totally contrary to the presence of God which is a free manifestation of His love. God also is present in our heart. So, we also make it suitable for the presence of God. We must not make our heart a bazar with calculations and looking for profits. We must keep our heart as our Father’s house with gratuitous love towards others. If we had made our heart, a marketplace, let’s welcome Jesus to clean it up. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to welcome Jesus to transform our heart into Fathers’ house.
Sunday 3 March
