Be, Build and Beware
9th November, 2015: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Ezek 47:1-2,8-9,12; 1 Cor 3:9-11,16-17; Jn 2:13-22
The feast of today gives us great insights into living an authentic Christian life!
The first insight is to be the Temple of the Lord, in our personal dedication to the Lord, in our unselfish and pure relationships and in our capacity to hold God out to people who come in touch with us.
The second insight is to build the Temple of the Lord, that is the people of God. Today we see a tendency to invest crores on constructing and renovating churches, while the whole world is helplessly looking at misery that swallows scores of have-nots so easily pushed to peripheries because the majority are bothered only upto themselves.
The third insight is to beware of breaking or dividing or scattering this Church, the living body of Christ. The sealed churches, the schismatics, the churches that divide people with lies for ulterior motives - these are anti Gospel elements which not only delay the coming of the Reign of God but actively block it.
May we be, may we build and may we take optimum care of the House of God here on earth.
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