Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? For the temple of God, which you are, is holy. (1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110925.cfm
Dedications of churches are very special events, and today’s celebration is of the Cathedral of Rome. As Saint Paul reminds us, the physical building represents all of us. WE are God’s temple. It is we who make the physical building holy. https://youtu.be/mVPrnpm_hjY?si=F70g63dTrWrZktgS
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, November 9
