Fr. Mike Schmitz

about the building of the temple, it's the word gold. There is, the other word is cubits, but the two words being gold and cubits, that recognition of everything was, so here's stone. Oh my gosh. Okay. Let's stop. Hopefully you had a chance to look up what the temple of Solomon might've looked like.

about the building of the temple, it's the word gold. There is, the other word is cubits, but the two words being gold and cubits, that recognition of everything was, so here's stone. Oh my gosh. Okay. Let's stop. Hopefully you had a chance to look up what the temple of Solomon might've looked like.

Kind of an artist's rendering using their best imagination to say, okay, this is probably what it could look like. it could be really helpful for you to go back and even re-listen to that section or re-read it in your Bible while looking at those images and realizing, okay, that's how high this is. That's how wide this is. That's what the stones look like. And this is kind of remarkable.

Kind of an artist's rendering using their best imagination to say, okay, this is probably what it could look like. it could be really helpful for you to go back and even re-listen to that section or re-read it in your Bible while looking at those images and realizing, okay, that's how high this is. That's how wide this is. That's what the stones look like. And this is kind of remarkable.

Kind of an artist's rendering using their best imagination to say, okay, this is probably what it could look like. it could be really helpful for you to go back and even re-listen to that section or re-read it in your Bible while looking at those images and realizing, okay, that's how high this is. That's how wide this is. That's what the stones look like. And this is kind of remarkable.

Well, everything's remarkable, my gosh. But what was one of the commandments that Solomon had given to the workers? He said, okay, you're going to quarry the stones for the building of the temple, and you're going to cut those quarried stones at the quarry. You're not going to let a hammer or chisel, you're not going to be banging away at these stones at the site of the temple.

Well, everything's remarkable, my gosh. But what was one of the commandments that Solomon had given to the workers? He said, okay, you're going to quarry the stones for the building of the temple, and you're going to cut those quarried stones at the quarry. You're not going to let a hammer or chisel, you're not going to be banging away at these stones at the site of the temple.

Well, everything's remarkable, my gosh. But what was one of the commandments that Solomon had given to the workers? He said, okay, you're going to quarry the stones for the building of the temple, and you're going to cut those quarried stones at the quarry. You're not going to let a hammer or chisel, you're not going to be banging away at these stones at the site of the temple.

And this is just one of the gosh, it's one of those small things that if we miss it, we miss it. If we just, we don't know what we're looking for, it's really easy to overlook it because what is Solomon saying? He's basically saying, okay, this is not my house. This is not your house. This is going to be God's house. And so because of that, there is a certain kind of sacred silence.

And this is just one of the gosh, it's one of those small things that if we miss it, we miss it. If we just, we don't know what we're looking for, it's really easy to overlook it because what is Solomon saying? He's basically saying, okay, this is not my house. This is not your house. This is going to be God's house. And so because of that, there is a certain kind of sacred silence.

And this is just one of the gosh, it's one of those small things that if we miss it, we miss it. If we just, we don't know what we're looking for, it's really easy to overlook it because what is Solomon saying? He's basically saying, okay, this is not my house. This is not your house. This is going to be God's house. And so because of that, there is a certain kind of sacred silence.

I mean, I can't imagine that it was silent at the construction site of the temple for seven years there, but we recognize that The banging away or the chipping away, the sawing away or however you cue stone, that did not happen there to highlight the fact that the foundation underneath all the gold, underneath all the cedar in Cyprus was stone that was dedicated to the Lord.

I mean, I can't imagine that it was silent at the construction site of the temple for seven years there, but we recognize that The banging away or the chipping away, the sawing away or however you cue stone, that did not happen there to highlight the fact that the foundation underneath all the gold, underneath all the cedar in Cyprus was stone that was dedicated to the Lord.

I mean, I can't imagine that it was silent at the construction site of the temple for seven years there, but we recognize that The banging away or the chipping away, the sawing away or however you cue stone, that did not happen there to highlight the fact that the foundation underneath all the gold, underneath all the cedar in Cyprus was stone that was dedicated to the Lord.

There's something about the fact that it came there somewhat silent and it was just put into place ready to go. And that's just, you know, St. Peter later on says, you've been living stones, living stones in the temple of the Lord. And we're not put in place ready to go, but we are put into place to be that living temple of the Lord.

There's something about the fact that it came there somewhat silent and it was just put into place ready to go. And that's just, you know, St. Peter later on says, you've been living stones, living stones in the temple of the Lord. And we're not put in place ready to go, but we are put into place to be that living temple of the Lord.

There's something about the fact that it came there somewhat silent and it was just put into place ready to go. And that's just, you know, St. Peter later on says, you've been living stones, living stones in the temple of the Lord. And we're not put in place ready to go, but we are put into place to be that living temple of the Lord.

It goes on from there to talk about how everything gets overlaid then with wood. So not one piece of stone was seen. Everything was overlaid with wood on the inside and then overlaid by that wood with gold, hence the gold. Why? Because this is for the Lord. In fact, people... people wouldn't really see the inside of the temple. If you were coming to worship, you'd worship on the outside.

It goes on from there to talk about how everything gets overlaid then with wood. So not one piece of stone was seen. Everything was overlaid with wood on the inside and then overlaid by that wood with gold, hence the gold. Why? Because this is for the Lord. In fact, people... people wouldn't really see the inside of the temple. If you were coming to worship, you'd worship on the outside.

It goes on from there to talk about how everything gets overlaid then with wood. So not one piece of stone was seen. Everything was overlaid with wood on the inside and then overlaid by that wood with gold, hence the gold. Why? Because this is for the Lord. In fact, people... people wouldn't really see the inside of the temple. If you were coming to worship, you'd worship on the outside.