Holy Zeal and the Living Temple – Holy Fifty – First Week – Day 3

Today’s Gospel: John 2:12–25

Key Verse: “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up” (John 2:17, NKJV)

Meditation

Christ’s resurrection shifted the meaning of the temple—from stone walls to the living Body of Christ, the Church. His zeal was not for a building, but for you—His temple, His home.

Early Church Fathers’ Saying

“Now Christ is especially jealous for the house of God in each of us, not wishing it to be a house of merchandise or that the house of prayer become a den of thieves, since He is the Son of a jealous God.” — Origen, Commentary on John, Book 10.200

Practical Practice

Let today be a cleansing: throw out distraction, sin, and spiritual passivity, and invite the Risen Christ to dwell in you.