November 9, 2014

First Reading

Ezekiel   47: 1-2, 8-9, 12

47:1 And he turned me back to the gate of the house. And behold, waters went out, from under the threshold of the house, toward the east. For the face of the house looked toward the east. But the waters descended on the right side of the temple, toward the south of the altar.

47:2 And he led me out, along the way of the north gate, and he turned me back toward the way outside the exterior gate, the way which looked toward the east. And behold, the waters overflowed on the right side. both sides.

47:8 And he said to me: “These waters, which go forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and which descend to the plains of the desert, will enter the sea, and will go out, and the waters will be healed.

47:9 And every living soul that moves, wherever the torrent arrives, will live. And there will be more than enough fish, after these waters have arrived there, and they will be healed. And all things will live, where the torrent arrives.

47:12 And above the torrent, on its banks on both sides, every kind of fruit tree will rise up. Their foliage will not fall away, and their fruit will not fail. Every single month they will bring forth first-fruits. For its waters will go forth from the sanctuary. And its fruits will be for food, and its leaves will be for medicine.”

Second Reading

Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians     3: 9-11, 16-17

3:9	For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.
3:10	According to the grace of God, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it.
3:11	For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus.
3:16	Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?
3:17	But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to John    2: 13-22

2:13	And the Passover of the Jews was near, and so Jesus ascended to Jerusalem.
2:14	And he found, sitting in the temple, sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers.
2:15	And when he had made something like a whip out of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. And he poured out the brass coins of the moneychangers, and he overturned their tables.
2:16	And to those who were selling doves, he said: “Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father’s house into a house of commerce.”
2:17	And truly, his disciples were reminded that it is written: “Zeal for your house consumes me.”
2:18	Then the Jews responded and said to him, “What sign can you show to us, that you may do these things?”
2:19	Jesus responded and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
2:20	Then the Jews said, “This temple has been built up over forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”
2:21	Yet he was speaking about the Temple of his body.
2:22	Therefore, when he had resurrected from the dead, his disciples were reminded that he had said this, and they believed in the Scriptures and in the word that Jesus had spoken.