Daily Inspiration

“Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me. At this the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his Body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken."-John 2:13-22

“Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.” -1 Corinthians 3:16-17

In what condition will the Lord find our souls to be? Are they a house of peace fit for the Lord to dwell, or have we let them become a marketplace for the world? Zeal for our souls consumes Jesus. He wants nothing more than to drive out all that does not belong, so that He may take up residence. But God gives us free will and does not force Himself upon us. I must invite the Lord to crack His whip, turn over my tables, toss out all that is evil, and then welcome Him back into the temple He built for me.

Saint Benignus, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you!