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God, in his great love,
wishes to gather all people to himself. In this grand campaign the
Lord asks each of us to be conquerors. Greater still he asks us all
to be living borders of his kingdom.
In the time of Jesus, a
Jew could only seek forgiveness for his sins in the temple. The Jews
considered the temple the center of God's kingdom and the borders of
Israel the dwelling place of God. Jesus, when he proclaimed “Destroy
this temple and I will raise it in three days” was speaking of
himself. He replaced the temple of Jerusalem with himself. It is
through Jesus that we are forgiven our sins and it is to Him all
people should gather.
Truly, God's love is great
because he gave the Jews a temple and a place to heal from their
sins. His love is even greater because where many would not or could
not go to the temple for healing, Jesus, the new Temple, came to
them.
Jesus sends us forth, out
of love, for those who do not know him. By our words and actions in
this world we extend this holy place, this church, to all of those
who are outside of it. We amplify the borders of this church in hope
of drawing all to Christ, who is our sanctuary.
We are conquerors over sin
and death when others return to Christ on account our words and
deeds. Jesus, present in the holy Eucharist, is the temple where one
finds pardon and peace.
Draw others to Him so that
we may all rejoice in saying “We are his people, and He is our
God.”
This reminds me of another post I saw today with Pope JPII, Pope BXVI, and Pope Francis: It said something like: This is what we believe; This is why we believe it; Now go out and do it! Our church is about reaching out and bringing souls back to Christ by our love. Your reflection inspires me to evangelize even through my weakness.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad. Indeed, "in my weakness I am strong [on account of Him]"
DeleteMaybe I'll post my reflection for today, too!