32nd Week in Ordinary Time

In a rare display of fury, Jesus made a whip, slashed it around, and overturned tables to drive merchants out of the temple area. Asked for a sign, He said that if people destroyed the Temple, He would raise it in three days. Bystanders thought He meant the building. He meant His Body. Some Pharisees asked when the Kingdom of God would come, and Jesus said they stood in its midst. The Lord’s ministry had its up’s and down’s. He cured ten lepers, but only one returned to give thanks. Jesus instructed the Apostles, privileged in their calling, to regard themselves as unprofitable servants if they did everything commanded (but nothing more). After telling the parable of a widow who pestered a judge until he rendered a just decision for her, the Lord asked if the Son of Man will find faith on Earth when He comes again. Praying repeatedly for what we desire, do we ask with increased or decreased faith that the heavenly Father always gives a timely answer?

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