Religion provides many opportunities. For a mercifully small, but non-zero number it’s an opportunity to engage in sexual exploitation. For some it’s an opportunity to enjoy the adulation of the crowd. For some it’s an opportunity to impose their will on other people. For some it’s an opportunity to make money. None of these is the Jesus way (as we might remember from the temptation story). And so it is that we read in Sunday’s Lectionary about Jesus chucking the money-traders out of the Temple.
God of love,
save us from the temptations of the Christian life,
save us from abusing our power over others.
May we all worship you
and you alone.
Sheep measling the hillside on another fine morning…
