Sweet Jesus Cleanses the Temple

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today might be described as “sweet”. This slang word was popular a few years ago. It is used today to describe the reaction of people to the Word and guidance of the Divine. The experience of the intimacy of Divine reassurance and affirmation is difficult to put in words. Images like those in the Book of Revelation help. The poetry of the psalms gets the sense of “sweet” and the action of Jesus, described by Luke, as He clears the Temple evokes the “sweet” assessment from the faithful.