Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 19 Nov, 2021

Luke the evangelists uses the event of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD - decades after his crucifixion - to put into Jesus’ mouth what he would have thought about it. And what is he making of it? That the destruction of Jerusalem comes because Jesus own people have failed to grasp the opportunity to respond to God’s compelling invitation to welcome the Kingdom Jesus is inviting them to become part of so God’s Reign may commence. They continue trading and seeking to make of their worship at the Temple something completely inconsistent with the new moment that Jesus is offering them to be part of.