Luke 19, 45-48: My House shall be a house of prayer, you have made it into a house of thieves…God instructed Moses to build a tabernacle where he would dwell among the Israelites (Ex 25:40). King Solomon, also in obedience to a divine instruction, built the Temple of Jerusalem (1 Kings 6-8), where people went to render public worship to God. Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Ernescliff College on November 19, 2021.

Music: "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (Melody J. S. Bach in St. Matthew Passion), arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.