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Podcast: Catholic Daily Reflections
Episode: Monday of the Third Week of Advent - Confronting Irrationality
Description: Read OnlineWhen Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?” Matthew 21:25–27The chief priests and the elders of the people were supposed to shepherd the people into eternal salvation. They were supposed to be instruments of God’s divine will, prophetic voices, and priests who offered holy sacrifices for the atonement of sin. In practice, they were none of those things.As this Gospel p...