Today’s readings invite us to slow down and examine what happens when faith becomes crowded with things that were never meant to sit at the center. They press us to consider how easily sincere devotion can drift into misplaced priorities when focus is lost and purpose blurs. What begins as a good intention can quietly turn into spiritual clutter.

In Exodus 27–28, God gives detailed instructions for the Tabernacle and the priests' garments. Every measurement, material, and placement matters. Nothing is casual or decorative for its own sake. These chapters remind us that God’s presence is approached with intention, reverence, and a clear understanding of where things belong. Order is not about control, but about honoring holiness. The structure itself teaches that closeness to God requires clarity, not confusion.

In Matthew 21:12–22, Jesus enters the Temple and confronts practices that have distorted its purpose. What was meant to be a place of prayer has become tangled with profit, power, and distraction. Jesus’ response is not impulsive anger, but a deliberate act of restoration. His actions reveal how seriously God takes worship and how deeply He cares when sacred space is overtaken by competing interests.

Taken together, these passages invite honest reflection. What occupies the center of our faith? What has slowly moved in that does not belong there? And are we willing to let God disrupt what feels familiar in order to restore what is essential? This episode does not rush to easy answers. Instead, it creates space to sit with the tension, personally and as the Church, and to consider what it might mean to let God clear the clutter so that what truly matters can once again take its proper place.