When is anger wrong and when is it appropriate? / What is God’s house in our time like?

Gospel: John 2: 13–25
Zeal for your house will consume me

Today’s reading from John’s Gospel is the account of Jesus cleansing the Temple. The synoptics report this event just before the Passion, but John puts it much earlier, just after the story of the wedding feast at Cana.

Be still, and pay attention to the presence of God in your life

Gospel: Mark 9: 2–10
This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.

A personal test / the meaning of Metanoia

Gospel: Mark 1: 12–15
The Kingdom of God is at hand. Change your heart and hear the good news.

We are now into the great season of Lent, when we spend six weeks preparing to celebrate the high point of our faith: the Paschal Mystery, the suffering, death and resurrection of the Incarnate God.