Zeal for Your House Will Consume Me

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, today we stand before the mystery of the Temple—not merely as a building of stone, but as a living reality, a sacred dwelling, a sign of communion between heaven and earth. The readings appointed for this feast—the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica—draw us into a profound meditation on the nature of the Church, the holiness of God’s dwelling, and the zeal of Christ for the sanctity of His Father’s house. But more than that, they invite us to recognise that we ourselves are temples of the Holy Spirit, living stones built into a spiritual house, called to holiness, to communion, and to transformation.