PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Nov 21, 2025 · 5m

Gospel

Luke 19:45-48

Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out

those who were selling things, saying to them,

“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,

but you have made it a den of thieves.”

And every day he was teaching in the temple area.

The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,

were seeking to put him to death,

but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose

because all the people were hanging on his words.

Reflection

Jesus is pointing out a weakness that all institutions have. The reason the temple was established, so that…