We listen We Pray A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (2:13-16) Not long before the Jewish festival of Passover, Jesus went to Jerusalem. There he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves in the temple. He also saw moneychangers sitting at their tables. So he took some rope and made a whip. Then he chased everyone out of the temple, together with their sheep and cattle. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins. Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, “Get those doves out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace.” The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. We Go Let us pray that God will guide us. (pause) God of wisdom and love, by the power of the Holy Spirit teach us your way and guide us to follow it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. WEEK 20 ORDINARY TIME 19 AUGUST 2025 We Gather Tuesday We hear in the gospel today that it was very important to Jesus that the temple be treated with respect, and used to worship God. Today Christians continue to treat places of worship with special care. We can talk to God wherever we are, but we gather at church to worship God with other people who share our faith. Watch this video together to reflect on the question: “Why do we go to church?” May Christ the Life create us anew. Amen. May God bless us in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 145
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