September 23 - Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ezra 6:7-8,12,14-20; Ps.122:1-5; Lk.8:19-21) "The elders of the Jews continued to make progress in the building, supported by the message of the prophets." And so, returning from exile and with the permission and indeed the financial support of the Gentile king, Darius, the Jews completed the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem. And so, the prophecy of the return to the Lord from their sins is in a measure fulfilled here in this act and in the worship which once again transpires in "that house of God." But we know that this is not the fulfillment of the new covenant; this is not the…
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