{"id":101639,"date":"2022-03-20T00:05:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/?p=101639"},"modified":"2023-03-12T00:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T05:06:35","slug":"for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I think of Jesus, anger is the last word that comes to my mind. I\u2019m much more comfortable talking about him in terms of love, humility, mercy, and forgiveness \u2014 but rage?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I find today\u2019s Gospel, in which John recalls the moment in the temple when Jesus becomes enraged, so unsettling. This isn\u2019t just the anger that might cause you to yell, or storm out of a room. No, this anger causes Jesus to flip tables; it leads him to make a whip out of cords to drive people and animals out of the temple.<\/p>\n

Why then, does John include this account? To understand the full meaning of the story, we must look beyond this dramatic moment.<\/p>\n

In John\u2019s Gospel, the cleansing of the temple is the first act of Jesus\u2019 public ministry (the wedding at Cana was his first miracle). John notes that Jesus was at the temple because Passover \u2014 one of the most sacred Jewish feasts which commemorates Israel\u2019s liberation from slavery in Egypt \u2014 was near.<\/p>\n

While visiting the temple, Jews would sacrifice an animal, which explains why animals were being sold. But when he arrives, Jesus is outraged to find that the temple\u2014a sacred place of prayer\u2014had been turned into a marketplace, a place to extort pilgrims.<\/p>\n

What happens next is especially important. Jesus tells the onlookers, \u201ctake these out of here, and stop making my Father\u2019s house a marketplace.\u201d My Father\u2019s house. Here, Jesus reveals publicly for the first time his relationship with God: God is his Father; He is the Son. He is revealing himself as the Messiah.<\/p>\n

The Jews seem to be shocked by Jesus\u2019 outrage and ask for a reason for his actions. It\u2019s as if they\u2019re asking, \u201cYou need to justify yourself\u2026 are you a prophet?\u201d Jesus responds, \u201cDestroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Understandably, the Jews are confused. The temple had taken 46 years to build. Jesus would rebuild it in three days?<\/p>\n

Of course, we have the privilege of knowing the whole story. In this moment, Jesus publicly foretells his Passion and Resurrection. He will be destroyed, He will die, but He will rise again.<\/p>\n

Through his death, Jesus takes our sins upon himself. He is crucified so that we too might rise again. This is the wisdom of God, the Gospel we proclaim; which, as St. Paul notes in his First Letter to the Corinthians, is seen as foolishness and weakness \u2014 a stumbling block \u2014 to those who do not believe.<\/p>\n

The season of Lent provides us a unique opportunity to look inward, and cleanse our own temple, so that Jesus may more perfectly dwell within us.<\/p>\n

If we want to receive the gift of eternal life, it\u2019s important that we consciously reflect on and ask forgiveness for the thoughts, words and actions that deface the temple of our souls.<\/p>\n

One way this can be accomplished during Lent is by doing an examination of conscience, based on the Ten Commandments (which are outlined in today\u2019s first reading), and before receiving the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.<\/p>\n

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton recognized the power of God\u2019s forgiveness. Upon confessing her sins as a Catholic for the first time, she wrote: \u201cHow awful are those words of unloosing after a thirty years\u2019 bondage! I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at the touch of the Divine Messenger. My God! What new scenes for my soul!\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that awful, for Elizabeth, meant full of awe. The words of absolution brought light to darkness, healing to pain, freedom from the chains of sin.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, Mother Seton knew that in this sacrament, Jesus sees our hearts longing to be in relation with him. He cleanses and rebuilds the temples of our souls with love and mercy, not rage.<\/p>\n

Esta reflexi\u00f3n se public\u00f3 anteriormente. Pulse aqu\u00ed<\/a> para ver todas las Reflexiones Seton.<\/p>\n

Cr\u00e9dito de la imagen: Scarsellino, Driving of the Merchants from the Temple,\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

CAITLIN SICA received her MA in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. You can learn more about Caitlin, and read her writing at www.caitlinsica.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus’ anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":101676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1187],"tags":[3928,3675,3653],"class_list":["post-101639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seton-reflections","tag-gospel","tag-lent","tag-saint-elizabeth-ann-seton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFor Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul - Seton Shrine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus' anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul - Seton Shrine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus' anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SetonShrine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SetonShrine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Caitlin Sica\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Caitlin Sica\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c74abbfe43c4fae61912522ce59e0bff\"},\"headline\":\"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-20T04:05:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-12T05:06:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":715,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gospel\",\"Lent\",\"Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Seton Reflections\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/\",\"name\":\"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul - Seton Shrine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-20T04:05:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-12T05:06:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c74abbfe43c4fae61912522ce59e0bff\"},\"description\":\"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus' anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Seton Reflections\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/category\\\/seton-reflections\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Seton Shrine\",\"description\":\"We Welcome Everyone at The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c74abbfe43c4fae61912522ce59e0bff\",\"name\":\"Caitlin Sica\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/CaitlinSica300x300-100x100.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/CaitlinSica300x300-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/CaitlinSica300x300-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Caitlin Sica\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/setonshrine.org\\\/es\\\/author\\\/caitlin-sica\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul - Seton Shrine","description":"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus' anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul - Seton Shrine","twitter_description":"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus' anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg","twitter_creator":"@SetonShrine","twitter_site":"@SetonShrine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Caitlin Sica","Est. reading time":"4 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/"},"author":{"name":"Caitlin Sica","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c74abbfe43c4fae61912522ce59e0bff"},"headline":"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul","datePublished":"2022-03-20T04:05:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-12T05:06:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/"},"wordCount":715,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg","keywords":["Gospel","Lent","Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton"],"articleSection":["Seton Reflections"],"inLanguage":"es-MX"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/","url":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/","name":"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul - Seton Shrine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-20T04:05:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-12T05:06:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c74abbfe43c4fae61912522ce59e0bff"},"description":"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was awestruck after confessing her sins for the first time. The account of Jesus' anger in the temple is a reminder to us of the power of his mercy to restore the temples of our souls.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-MX","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jesus-Cleansing-the-Temple-WP1.jpg","width":1920,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/for-lent-jesus-restore-the-temple-of-my-soul\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Seton Reflections","item":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/category\/seton-reflections\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"For Lent: Jesus, Restore the Temple of My Soul"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/","name":"Santuario de Seton","description":"Damos la bienvenida a todos en el Santuario Nacional de Santa Isabel Ana Seton","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-MX"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c74abbfe43c4fae61912522ce59e0bff","name":"Caitlin Sica","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CaitlinSica300x300-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CaitlinSica300x300-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CaitlinSica300x300-100x100.jpg","caption":"Caitlin Sica"},"url":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/author\/caitlin-sica\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}