@abdimarihotmarbun: November 9, 2026 - Living Water and Living Stones in Today's Mass Readings The Church throws a birthday party for a building every November. Not a saint. Not a miracle. A building. And the readings for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica reveal why it matters more than it sounds. First Reading, Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 A prophet in exile sees water trickle out from under the temple door. It grows into a river, flows into the Dead Sea, and makes it fresh. Nothing survives in that sea. God's grace goes straight for the places you've written off.C Responsorial Psalm, Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 "God is our refuge and our strength." Jerusalem has no river, yet the psalm sings of one gladdening the city of God. St. Augustine says that river is the Holy Spirit. Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17 "Do you not know that you are the temple of God?" Not the building. YOU. The Spirit of God lives in you, and no one can lay any other foundation than Jesus Christ. Holy Gospel, John 2:13-22 Jesus makes a whip of cords and flips the tables. Then he says the unthinkable: "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." He was talking about his own Body. The building in Rome will one day crumble. The temple of Christ's Body never will. And you are part of it. Full reflection, verse by verse, with Augustine, Caesarius of Arles, and the Catechism, at HolyManna.blog Go deeper. Learn more. Become the temple. #CatholicFaith #DailyMassReadings #Catholic credit video IG reels holymanna.blog

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