← Fr. Michael Sparough Homilies
Homily - 11/12/2022
- The Cleansing Spirit of God
That's the end of this homily.
Our churches, our bodies, our spirits ... All decay and need renewal from time to time. Wrap up in virtue and feel the cleansing fire of God's Spirit who renews and restores.
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...