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Old Temple, New Body
Prayer
Contemporary Lectionary Prayers
Cycle B
Gospel Note:
John's version of the cleansing of the temple is distinctive
in many details, but most especially in its theological
perspective. Here the cleansing is most clearly (1) a critique of
the old temple and its cultic practice (specifically sacrifice),
(2) a reference to the temple's destruction, and (3) a suggestion
of a new temple, none other than the body of Christ (i.e., the
church). We are dealing here, then, with an old dispensation's
passing and the dawning of the new.
Liturgical Color:
Purple
John's version of the cleansing of the temple is distinctive
in many details, but most especially in its theological
perspective. Here the cleansing is most clearly (1) a critique of
the old temple and its cultic practice (specifically sacrifice),
(2) a reference to the temple's destruction, and (3) a suggestion
of a new temple, none other than the body of Christ (i.e., the
church). We are dealing here, then, with an old dispensation's
passing and the dawning of the new.
Liturgical Color:
Purple