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Gospel LK 19:45-48

Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
And every day he was teaching in the temple area.
The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose
because all the people were hanging on his words.
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The House of Dior and other well-known "Houses" have defining characteristics that are keys to their longevity.
• House of Dior
• House of Valentino
• House of Versace
• House of Givenchy
• House of Gucci
• House of Jean Paul Gaultier
• House of Faberge
• House of Ralph Lauren
• House of Pierre Cardin
For the hoi-polloi, the common people, there are surrogate fashion houses: like Martha's World at K-Mart (if you can find a K-Mart anymore), or Michael Graves at Target, and there's Betsey Johnson and Ralph Lauren - Companies are trying to become more like houses, with company signatures coming in the form of architect Michael Graves, or lifestyle maven Martha Stewart. Each wants to be your Total Fashion Designer, and to provide you with a Life Style.
The House of Dior or Martha's World have defining characteristics that are keys to their longevity. Each house, like that of the House of Lauren, is a corporation with franchises and manufacturing plants on multiple continents; hundreds and even thousands of shops carry their names, not to speak of specialty boutiques. And these houses sell everything – perfumes, cosmetics, luggage, shoes, eyeglasses, clothes. They produce objects that are carriers of meaning, beauty, identity.
Our Scripture this morning reminds us of the specialness of God’s House … that it is a House of Prayer. Nothing to buy, nothing to sell, just a place to “be”. “My house”, He says, “shall be a House of Prayer.”
Is that what you do when you go to His house?

Talk to Him this weekend,
Father Pat

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