MONDAY, June 28 (Irenaeus)

Matthew 21:12-22. Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a den of robbers."

Bible reading can be a drab and uninteresting experience, but not if we read in an understanding manner. For example, read the story of the cleansing of the Temple. As I read that story recently these words came to life and jumped out at me and seemed to say: "This is for you. Take it and use it." Here are the words: "My house shall be called a house of prayer."

Jesus was referring to the Temple, to be sure; but we can apply it to ourselves. My house, my home--is it a place of prayer? Is there a consciousness of God's presence as we live together as a family? Or has the day already been spoiled because selfish desires have come in to push aside God's love, which can be expressed only in our love for each other?

(1971)

PRAY for the Diocese of Durham (York, England)

Ps 106:1-18 * 106:19-48; Numbers 22:1-21; Romans 6:12-23

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