John 2:13-25

Since the Passover of the Jews was near,
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
as well as the money changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords
and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen,
and spilled the coins of the money changers
and overturned their tables,
and to those who sold doves he said,
"Take these out of here,
and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture,
Zeal for your house will consume me.
At this the Jews answered and said to him,
"What sign can you show us for doing this?"
Jesus answered and said to them,
"Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up."
The Jews said,
"This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?"
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they came to believe the Scripture
and the word Jesus had spoken.

While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
many began to believe in his name
when they saw the signs he was doing.
But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all,
and did not need anyone to testify about human nature.
He himself understood it well.

- The reflection that the mass had was how people hate riddles, it makes people look dumb for not getting the right answer. In our present life, we tend to try and understand a lot of things, especially things that are happening in our life, "why did this happen?" "what is the meaning of these trials?", and so on.. But in the end, we tend to try and understand everything, although we tend to go towards believing what is the best for us. What our mind says and not what our heart's beat. In this Gospel, Jesus said "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." The only time that the Disciples understand this is when Jesus rose from the dead after 3 days. But did not understand it during the passover.

In our lives, we should not try so hard to understand things. Sometimes, thinking so hard makes us go the wrong way. It should always be what our heart says. We should not try to understand what God wants us to do but rather just follow it. Unlike when Eve decided to go over the forbidden tree to check why God forbids them to eat the fruit of the tree. She got lost! They were banished from the garden for not following His words, His commandments.

For me, I would rather follow what my heart says, and I know that in my heart, God commands and I obey. I love you Lord God Almighty. Behold, your humble servant, ready to follow your orders. Amen.