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#AFeastADay | 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗 • 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐑 (𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐍), 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭
Reflection. Christ, who received meekly the greatest sinners, and bore all injuries in silence, twice exerted his zeal and indignation in expelling the buyers and sellers out of the temple,[48] once, soon after he had entered upon his public ministry, and once before he closed it.[49] And let Christians, agreeably to the holy name they bear, exert their zeal to defend the churches from profanations: if they have not authority to prevent them, let them at least weep over such abuses, which tend to extirpate all sense of religion. A ray of the divine presence ought to pierce our souls when we approach the sanctuary, and we ought with trembling to say to ourselves: How terrible is this place! this is no other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven.