‘Temples’ or ‘temples’?
Once
David had a fixed home it seemed obvious to him that it would be very good to
move the ark of the Covenant into a permanent home. But God, through Nathan,
tells David that the timing isn’t right. God’s ark has wandered through the
wilderness with His people. David has
found God to be his refuge in the wilderness even without any religious
‘props’. How tempting now that David had found his city, to establish one fixed
place for God. David probably meant well and certainly the Temple his son built
was a real focus to assist worship. Yet to put God in one place might suggest
denying Him access to other places, limiting other people’s access to Him,
refusing to meet Him in daily life, thinking God can be controlled.
It’s
very trendy to say the church is the people, yet still buildings matter. Does
Holy Trinity (or any other church) as a building help our worship? Do we look
for God outside the church building?
What does it mean for us to be temples of the Holy Spirit?
Ann
Milton
Collect
God
our Father,
who
from the family of your servant David
raised
up Joseph the carpenter
to
be the guardian of your incarnate Son
and
husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
give
us grace to follow him
in
faithful obedience to your commands;
through
Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who
is alive and reigns with you,
in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one
God, now and for ever.
Amen
The
house at Nazareth, stained glass, Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin, OH,
USA
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