9th November 2018 Friday 31st Week in Ordinary Time - The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Reflection
Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12, 1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17, John 2:13-22
“Belonging to God”
St Paul wrote, ‘Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God’s glory.’ (1 Cor 6: 19-20)

We are the temple where God is pleased to dwell. Thus, we do not belong to ourselves anymore, but to God. Dare we believe that we belong to God?

We do not need success, popularity and power to make us worthy. Jesus wants to clear away the ‘sheep’, ‘cattle’, ‘moneychangers’, and all other things that make us deaf to God’s voice of love.

Today, let us dare to trust in God’s love for us. We belong to Him, and this is where we need to root our lives in.

Questions for reflection:
1) What are the things in me that make me forget that I belong to God?

2) How can I root my life more on God’s love?