Comments on: “Stop Making My Father’s House a Marketplace”

By: Campbell

Campbell — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:27:56 +0000

It was the impiety, or lack of devout reverence, the crude and blinkered egotism of greed, that incensed our Lord to flog those who descended into brutishness in the presence of the Divine.

By: Aneta Fraser

Aneta Fraser — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:46:42 +0000

My Pastor made a decision to host casino night at the church using part of the Sanctuary to host it, it’s a fundraiser for the church. My Spirit feels unsettling about this help!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:36:55 +0000

I like reading your reflections. Please keep writing!

By: Mark Misencik

Mark Misencik — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:49:58 +0000

Hey Steven,

I agree with you on your view of money. People tend to forget the first part of 1 Timothy 10, “For the love of money is the root of all evil, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from their faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.”

I guess my question for you today is why didn’t vendors learn from their mistake? As one reads today’s Gospel it must be understood that this is the first time that Jesus rids the Temple of vendors, it is at the beginning of His ministry. The second time He does this is about three years later when He returns to Jerusalem, as noted in Matthew, Mark and Luke. Seems like the recent readings from Luke, Lk 12:39-40 and Lk 16:13-15, are being proven true.

Mark

By: Jeff Koz

Jeff Koz — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:11:27 +0000

Well said…Amen!

By: LC

LC — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:35:12 +0000

Seeing money as a means for doing good rather than an end in itself — wonderful to keep in mind! Thank you!

By: nicholaskondisenko

nicholaskondisenko — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:09:40 +0000

Beautiful insight- beautiful explanation- dont stop!

By: Cecilia Briones

Cecilia Briones — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:15:28 +0000

Thank you for today’s reflection. Am using it to do my prayer and to delve more on the use of money. Personally, we have just enough earnings to pay the bills and get on to earn for our “daily bread”. But we don’t feel poor probably not as “blessed materially” as the rest who can spend more on other things and travel to other places. I personally, would like to give more on my monthly contributions to the Church and to the Catholic organization I am involved but there is not much to give. Sometimes, it embarrasses me to give just very little when I used to give more before.

Then I remembered a quotation I saw, Let money be the means to build relationships and not to destroy them. From then on I brought that up in my prayer — that if the Lord, saw it fitting to allow me again to have more than what we need, let it be to build relationships, and not to destroy them since in that way, the relationships I want to build would be to allow me to be used by God to be His instrument to bring more souls to Him.

Again, many thanks for the insights.