Jesus’ message can be summarized by his saying, “Take care how you hear.” He wishes that we build ourselves on the rock of his word, that we bear abundant fruit from the seed of his teaching sown within us, that we faithfully receive what he generous gives with love. The simple architectural plans for the rebuilding project are found in the Gospel.It points phophetically to Jesus’ incarnation, to the destruction of the temple of his Body and its resurrection on the third day, and on the way he wishes to rebuild each of us to become, individually and together, the temple of God, where he, Risen, dwells within. In today’s passage from the prophet Ezra, we ponder the extraordinary decision by the non-Jewish King Cyrus not only to allow the Jews to return home from Babylon, but also to help them to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem. Cyrus encouraged everyone, Jews and non-Jews, to participate in the rebuilding of the house of God, by giving their “silver, gold, good, cattle, … free-will offerings.” We know that this Temple rebuilding project is more than just about a building. These post-exilic writings focus essentially on two things: first, the rebuilding of the temple and, second, the way of holiness so that there is never again an exile from God. It begins three weeks of post-exilic writings in which we will have two days of Haggai, three days of Zechariah, two days of Nehemiah, two days of Baruch, three days of Jonah, one day of Malachi and two days of Joel, before we enter into a four-week examination of St. Today we get the first of three days from the Book of Ezra, the only three days in the two-year daily lectionary.The following points were attempted in the homily: To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below: Andrew Kim Taegon and Companions, Martyrs Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I

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