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Lord, whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Jn 6: 68
Friday, March 4, 2011
Friday of the eighth week in Ordinary Time Saint
(s) today: St. Casimir (+ 1484) - Memory
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Saint Jerome "Do not make my Father's house an house of merchandise" (Jn 2:16)
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark from 11.11 to 26.
After arriving amid cheers, Jesus entered Jerusalem in the Temple. He looked around at everything and, as was the night he went out with the Twelve to go to Bethany. The next day when they left Bethany, he hungered. Seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, he went to see if he could find anything but, approaching, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the fig tree: "Let no one ever eat your fruits!" And his disciples heard. They arrive in Jerusalem. Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to expel those who sold and those who bought in the Temple. He overturned the tables of changers and the seats were selling doves, and he would not let anyone cross the temple wearing anything. He taught, and he said to people: "Scripture does not say it: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? Now, you have made it a den of thieves. "The chief priests and scribes heard the thing, and how they sought to kill him. Indeed, they were afraid of him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching. And when evening came, Jesus and his disciples were going out of town. The next morning, by the way, they saw the fig tree withered to the roots. Peter remembered what had happened, said to Jesus: "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered." Jesus said to them: "Have faith in God. Amen, I say unto you: every man shall say to this mountain, 'Get out of there, and will throw you into the sea', does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be granted! Therefore, I tell you everything you ask in prayer, believe that you have already received, it will be yours. And when you're there, praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. "
From the Liturgical Translation of the Bible - © AELF, Paris
Today's Commentary:
Saint Jerome (347-420), presbyter, translator of the Bible, Doctor of the Church
Homilies on the Gospel of Mark, No. 9 (trans. Marc commented, DDB, 1986, p. 87s)
"Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to expel those who sold and who bought. "Some are surprised at the resurrection of Lazarus (Jn 11.44), they are amazed that the son of a widow is risen (Luke 7.15), others are struck by other miracles. Without a doubt it is admirable to restore life to a dead body. For my part, I'm more impressed by this event. This man, the son of a carpenter, a poor without notice, without shelter to rest, without an army, which was neither leader nor a judge - what power has allowed to hunt ... so large a crowd while alone? Nobody objected, nobody dared to put up any resistance, because no one dared oppose the Son who repaired the injury done to his Father ...
"He began to cast out them that sold and bought in the Temple. If that was possible among the Jews, why did not he is even more so with us? If this happens under the Act, why was it not even more so in the Gospel? ... Christ, a poor, hunting buyers and sellers who are rich. Whoever sells is cast in the same way that anyone who buys. Let no one say: "Me, I offer all I have, I make offerings to the priests, as God has commanded." In a passage from Matthew, we read: "You have received, freely give" (Mt 10:8). The grace of God does not sell, she gives herself.
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