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He said to them, "It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer' (Matthew 21:13)
It is Monday of Holy Week, and yesterday's palm people have become today's profit people; well, some of them. They've put away the palms to return back to the noise and smells of the Temple. It's hard for the average person to pray with so many distractions in a house of prayer.
People shouting, shoving, wanting the best deal; and the smell of the animals for sale. Yes, those smells. Add to it the blood of the animals being sacrificed; each one paying the price of someone else's sins. It seems better to kill than to pray. Let that animal die in my place. Let this practice/tradition/custom take the place of my having to pray. I have fulfilled my duty. And hearts stayed empty.
It is Monday of Holy Week, and the people of Jesus' day did not know it. It is Monday of Holy Week, and we know it. The question is: What are we doing about it? In other words, how's your prayer life?
PRAYER: (Dear friend, say your own prayer)
