Enounce Myspeed Discount

3rd Sunday of Lent Year B

"Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise"

What Jesus calls into question so violently today is not trade as such, but the cult of the Temple has become a trade , a kind of bargain with God. Judge for yourself ...
At Temple, we had to offer sacrifices. Rich offered, for example, an ox, a bull offered a less affluent and the poor lamb, a pair of doves. But these offerings were interested gestures: they gave to receive. This is exceeded
you tell me? Not so sure! In reality, it is still in the church, unfortunately, a religion of merit to be acquired. We often think that to deserve something, he must "earn" his salvation. You end up believing that God loves us that if we observe the law perfectly. However, Jesus denounces this economy market. He wants to make the faith desirable and believe me when I tell you he loves us even with our sin. God gives freely. It gives even free. Without any merit on our part.
So if we want to be Christians, we must move from the market than the gift, the religion of traffic to the religion of the home. The passage is not easy, I admit. It is much safer to make a report to give and take. It is certainly less humiliating. But it is the conversion that we do if we want to follow Christ.
Jews, witnesses the violent gesture of Jesus, asking for a sign. Jesus responds with a baffling riddle: "Destroy this Temple and in three days I will raise it." There is no better way to destroy the very foundations of the religion of the time. I venture a parallel with our churches today , our temples to us. Some people are worried about the future of our temples, but what is the real issue? What do we fear most? If you had to choose between your family or your house, what are the criteria for discernment?
After the exchange, Jesus presents himself as the new Temple. Jesus therefore gives a sign, but this sign is visible only to believers. It is not proof, but rather an ordeal. It will take three days to understand and again, we really understand? What still remains a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the whole world is what God has chosen!