Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his Body. ~ John 2:19-21 This Sunday we celebrate a building – The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist in the Lateran,

Jesus said to the crowds: ‘Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on

This Sunday’s Gospel is the parable of the prayer of the Pharisee and the tax collector. The Pharisees were known to be very devout worshippers of God who were often found at prayer in the temple. Therefore, it would make sense to assume that in the story it will be the Pharisee who will pray “better.” But the outcome is a bit of surprise because the tax collector, who, by virtue of his profession, was