O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst cleanse the temple courts, and didst teach, saying, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations: Cleanse thy Church, we beseech thee, of all evil, and so sanctify it by thy saving grace, that in all the world thy people may offer unto thee true and acceptable worship; for thy name’s sake.
It's the Monday of Holy Week. Christ drives out the money changers and sacrificial animal sellers from the Temple precincts in glass by Carl Edwards, 1958 in Temple Church, London.
Animals for sacrifice on the altar could only be bought at the Temple to ensure they were pure,… pic.twitter.com/2pFb2CCrFp
— Simon Knott (@SimoninSuffolk) March 25, 2024