By Fr. Antony Christy, SDB –
‘Six days before the passover’, begins the Gospel today. And today was the day when Jesus entered the Temple of Jerusalem, and chased out the merchants and the money changers, expressing his burning zeal for the house of the Lord! That was the climax of the clash between him and his enemies, they thought he has reached the blasting point and they wanted to contain him as soon as possible! But Jesus knew where it is all leading.
Jesus cleans the Temple – to tell us with authority that we are the temple and we need a thorough cleaning! Don’t we? When he said, destroy this temple, I shall raise it in three days, he meant his own body! And that is exactly what he tells us here: you are the temple of the Lord – enter into yourself and make yourself clean and presentable! This week is a wonderful opportunity!
The Cleansing Monday, invites us to look at things that we need to cleanse our soul of. We are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and what kind of cleaning does this temple need right now? Right note to begin the journey of this week… by cleansing and preparing ourselves for all the events!
Fr Antony Christy is a Salesian Priest from 2005, who has a Masters in Philosophy (specialisation in Religion) and a Masters in Theology (Specialisation in Catechetics). He has completed his doctoral research in Theology at Salesian Pontifical University, Rome. Walking with the Young towards a World of Peace and Dialogue is the passion that fires him on.