3rd Sunday

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3rd Sunday

• Lenten Season (B)

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True worship
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1st Reading

• The Lord gave the 10 Commandments to Israel to
  reveal His loving will for them. These laws will
  help them be like Him HOLY. It will also become
  the foundation of morals for everyone. Living out
  the law is a sign of true worship to God.

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2nd Reading

• A lot of times, we miss the true meaning of our
  religion, that is why we always look for signs.
  And the only sign given to us is Jesus Christ
  crucified on the cross. A sign of total obedience
  and love for the will of the Father.

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Gospel

• Jesus talks about the destruction and raising of
  the Temple in 3 days. This Temple is the
  presence of God in our hearts which must remain
  always clean and undefiled. Jesus driving away
  the sellers in the Temple is only a subtle symbol.

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Just pause and think about this

• In speaking to your fathers on the day I brought
  them out of the land of Egypt, I gave them no
  command concerning holocaust or sacrifice. This
  rather is what I commanded them Listen to my
  voice then I will be your God and you shall be
  my people. Walk in all the ways that I command
  you, so that you may prosper.
• Jeremiah 7 22-23

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We must honestly admit that we have built our own
temples.

• Temples to our pride and lust.
• Temples to our wealth and fame.
• Temples to our accomplishment and success.
• Temples to our intelligence and wisdom.

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• But God is asking from us only true worship,
  which is to follow Gods laws, to be holy and
  just.

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta is right!

• "God does not ask us to be successful he only
  asks us to be faithful."
• That is True Worship!