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This Sunday's Gospel - The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
He spoke about the temple of his own body.
Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market’. Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us to justify what you have done?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up’. The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said.
A beginning points for discussion of this week's Gospel with children:
In today’s Gospel Jesus gets angry with the people who are using the temple as a market place and he throws them out.
Why do we show reverence when we are in church?
How do we do this?
Does anyone know who the person is who is the leader of the Catholic Church on earth?
The Pope is also the Bishop of Rome and his special church in Rome is the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. Today is the feast day of that church and we are reminded that we are part of the universal church, that is, in every part of the world.
What is the name of your local church? Do you know what person or event it is named after?
Julie Cornwall
Deputy Principal | Catholic Identity Leader