The Essence of Being in Church

Our topic for this week’s prayer group, the story of Jesus and the cleansing of the temple (Matthew 21:12-17, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2021%3A12-17&version=NIV), made think of the essence of being in church.  As I prayed over the story, I found myself as one of Jesus’ disciples in the Jesuit style of prayer. It was mid-afternoon and we came …