Hello everyone! It has been more than a month since I last posted and like anything I post here in this blog, let's start right.
Jn 2:13-22
Since the Passover of the Jews was near,
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
as well as the money-changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords
and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen,
and spilled the coins of the money-changers
and overturned their tables,
and to those who sold doves he said,
“Take these out of here,
and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture,
Zeal for your house will consume me.
At this the Jews answered and said to him,
“What sign can you show us for doing this?”
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”
The Jews said,
“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they came to believe the Scripture
and the word Jesus had spoken.
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Zeal for your house will consume me.
These words, at the very instant I read this Scripture passage draw me to how God's promises are fulfilled.
First let me start with how I am discerning my vocation. Through the two months that I have joined a particular business venture, my mindset has been to provide for my family and do everything in my power to build a stable foundation for my income.
But when I did consider about the future ahead, I suddenly realized that I don't think yet so far that being a priest would help me serve as many people as possible. My discernment draw me near to differing viewpoints that led me to a religious life in marriage.
I actually imagine myself getting married to the woman of my dreams, which so far I haven't met yet. I imagine her to be genuinely passionate for Christ, just as I am trying to be. Having discerned about the religious life too is a big plus!
I don't know yet what the future will bring. I can only exhort people following this blog to pray for me and help me make wise choices.
Why the particular sentence in the Gospel?
The zeal to recreate God's home in a family I can call my own is such a strong desire in my heart.
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Saint Giuseppe Moscati, pray for us.
