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The Presentation in the Temple

Many years before Christ was born, Jerusalem was invaded, and the holy Temple desecrated and destroyed, to the horror of the people.

Many years before Christ was born, Jerusalem was invaded, and the holy Temple desecrated and destroyed, to the horror of the people.

Jesus preached in the Temple, speaking the truth, and angering some people who then plotted to harm Him.

Jesus says to the money changers in the Temple: Is it not written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?"

Jesus says to the money changers in the Temple: Is it not written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?"

Jesus Christ preached in the Temple, and the crowds hung on to His words.

When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun.

When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun.

When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun.

As a monk labours, by prayer, example, teaching and kindness, to care for and educate children, he is helping to build them into a series of temples of the Holy Spirit.

Christ explained the marvel of Baptism, by which the Three Divine Persons come to dwell in glory within the newly-baptised soul who can now have sure, intimate access to God, in his own soul, without his having to travel, as in earlier times, to the Temple.

Before the time of Christ, people had to go to the Temple at Jerusalem to be where God had come down in a special way. But Jesus, by His saving work, and the gift of Baptism, has made possible the entry of God, and the indwelling of God, in His glory, in the soul of the one who has freely accepted Christ and the sacrament.

In explaining His humility, Christ appeared to me, after the consecration, as the High Priest, robed as in ancient times. It was the feast of the Presentation, when He whose Temple it was allowed Himself to be taken within as an infant.

The Lord spoke to me about a wedding, saying: "Spend whatever you like. It is a celebration!" He said that the Church endorses the good human instinct to have special clothing, and beautiful surroundings, for special occasions, for anniversaries too, and feast days. The Lord Himself asked for beauty to surround the Ark in the Tabernacle, in the ddesert, and in the Temple.

My soul is like a holy Temple within me, where God the Most Holy Trinity dwells. I can withdraw into that holy place whenever the worldly clamour grows too loud, or whenever I want to praise and pray to the Lord: to Jesus, or the Father or the Holy Spirit.

Christ spoke the truth, in the Temple, about the activity in the Temple, and risked criticism and revenge. We too must speak the truth about wrong-doing in our society, rather than condone it or keep silent about offensive behaviour.

The sanctuary of a Catholic church is a holy place, just as was the holy of holies in the Temple at Jerusalem. A man who enters the sanctuary as a priest to offer Christ in sacrifice, in the Mass, should be pure and holy in body, mind and soul. If he is not, he should repent, and confess his sins when he can.

Prayer for evil rulers is more important than political activism. The mind and will of a person enslaved by evil is like a temple of doom, where Satan is at work. Principles and persons are sacrificed on the altar of personal ambition, lust or greed; and that person is incapable of doing good because of his enslavement, unless he repents. By the grace of God, he could change.

We should not stroll through church as if through a market. Every Catholic church is a holy temple for God, sanctified by having being consecrated by a Bishop as a place for solemn worship, and sanctified by the Real Presence there of Jesus Christ, in sacramental form. All who enter, therefore, should show respect both for God and fellow worshippers, so neither offending God by irreverence or immodest attire, nor distracting others.