GOD DWELLS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE (HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 20TH WEEK IN THE ORDINARY TIME 20TH AUGUST 2022
THEME: GOD DWELLS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF 20th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Ezekiel 43:1-7; Matthew 23:1-12 Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, God is omnipresent, his glory fills the whole earth. However, in the first reading of today from the book of prophet Ezekiel, God makes manifest to prophet Ezekiel in a unique way an outstanding place of his dwelling which is the Temple. In the vision of the prophet Ezekiel, God honours and dignifies the sacredness of the temple as his dwelling. The Temple is the dwelling place of God, it is a place of encounter with God, it is a place of worship, sacrifice, and adoration of God, and it is a place where believers God assemble as God's family to perform their liturgical celebration. Hence, the reading of today reawakens in us the reverence and honour we must pay to the Temple of worship. Jesus declared: “My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have turned it into a robbers den” (Mt 21:13). Dearest brothers a...