--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 11/20/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 11/20/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/11/20/daily-readings-reflection-for-112009#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 11/20/09 Nov 20, 2009 5:00:54 PM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on Today’s Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png "More...") [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Lectionary # 501. Fri. of 33 week. I Macc. 4:36-37.52-59. I Chronicles 29:10.11.11-12.12. Luke 19:45-48: Jesus in many ways is similar to the prophet Jeremiah who had a very special calling from the Lord to confront kings and religious leaders. Jeremiah also suffered very much and pleaded with God whom he was convinced had duped him! Jesus cries out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me." Today we see Jesus confronting with his justifiable anger the money changers within the temple. Jeremiah had done the same for other reasons and said it is useless to fake homage to the Temple and then behave immorally. "The Temple! the Temple! the Temple!" Jesus uses the expression of "My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves...Zeal for your house has eaten me up." Perhaps, we as believers, can take the first part of that expression and think about it in reference to our prayer life and our desire to worship and honor God with reverence and devotion. "My house is meant for a house of prayer." We are encouraged by this saying to respect sacred places like synagogues, chapels, and mosques. Even today, when we think people are civilized, crimes are committed agains these houses of prayer. They are desecrated, burned, destroyed. We therefore must cherish these places that are rather accessible to us. We often know of others who have found a sanctuary to be a place for calming oneself and for finding some peaceful space to just "be." On some Catholic campuses one can see students gathering to pray and worship God both as friends and as individuals. This helps others to think about God and to do the same with respectful behavior and with prayer. In religious communities there is usually a chapel for the praying of the Divine Office or for the Mass, but religous brothers and sisters also have a space in their own room for prayer--a favorite corner with an icon or a candle and maybe a Bible nearby or a spiritual reading book. With Advent fast approaching us, we may wish to look into whether we have a sacred space for our personal prayer and whether we may find some prayer time to visit a Church and pray there. The quiet atmosphere will help us in our preparation. Finally, here is a thought from Cardinal Newman: "May God support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen and evening comes and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done. Then in His mercyhmay He give us a safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at last." 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