Lectio Divina: Feast of the dedication of the Lateran basilica
Ezekiel’s east‑flowing stream, deepening from ankle to waist, prefigures the Holy Spirit’s progressive sanctifying action; its life‑giving flood heals the Dead Sea and bears perpetual fruit, echoing Eden’s River and Revelation’s crystal river from the throne. Thus, the vision points to the Spirit’s mission to renew all creation in the world.
Jesus’s zeal for the temple exposes its corruption, driving out merchants and money‑changers, fulfilling prophecy that God’s house be a house of prayer. His act prefigures the temple’s destruction and the new worship in Christ’s body, the living Temple.