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Lament for Jerusalem

from Love in the Flesh: Holy Thursday by Joshua Elzner

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Before entering the holy city on the eve of his Passion, Christ stands on the Mount of Olives and looks out over Jerusalem. He grieves for her in advance of her coming destruction (which occurred in 70 A.D.), and expresses his deep compassion and saving intentions in her regard: “Jerusalem, if only you knew what makes for peace. I would have gathered you together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not!” (Lk 19:42; Mt 23:37).

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
if you knew what makes for peace...
How I would gather you under my wings!

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from Love in the Flesh: Holy Thursday, released January 6, 2023

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We believe that beauty, all beauty, is a sign and a sacrament of the One who himself is Beauty. Every created thing, every glimmer of glory, every echo of harmony, is a word from the God who fashioned all things out of his immeasurable love. And in all created words, silent, spoken, visible, musical, the one Word is made known: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." ... more

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