DAILY THOUGHT: RIGHTING WRONGS WITH CHRIST

The Jesus we meet in the Gospels is not always gentle, accepting and self-effacing.

Sometimes he got really angry, especially when confronted with evil. One such moment was when injustice was taking place in the temple courts. You can read of how he took a whip, upset the tables and drove out the money changers in today’s Gospel reading.

The idea that we should be quiet and passive in the face of evil is not the way of Christ. Of course, we cannot take on all the evil around us. But we can look around our communities and places of work and ask God to guide us and to show us where to take action.

DAILY PRAYER REQUEST:

Lord, may we know you more clearly, love you more deeply and follow you more closely.

DAILY PRACTICE:

Pray the daily prayer request.

Read slowly Mark 11:15–18. What strikes you most about Jesus in this encounter? How do you respond to him here? What would it mean for you to resemble your Master where you live and work?

Think about one area of evil that concerns you very much. It may be a personal vice that concerns you greatly, a corrupt situation at work, an injustice in the community that demands action. Talk with the Lord about it and ask him to show you how you can offer a faithful gospel response.

Mark 11:15-18
15 So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 16 And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple. 17 Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”  18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

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