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Episode: How the Tables Have Turned
Description: How the Tables Have Turned – Through Lent we are considering what we can do to “act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.” The reading for this Sunday is the Markan account of Jesus entering the temple, observing the transactions going on as doves and other sacrificial beings are sold to people arriving to make sacrifices, and Jesus accusing those selling the sacrifices of misusing the Temple. Jesus, enraged, turns the tables of those sellers upside down. To this point in Mark, Jesus has performed countless acts of mercy as he has healed individuals. But this is an act of justice, an att...