Gospel
Mass Lectionary · GospelLuke 13:31–35
On the same day, some of the Pharisees approached, saying to him: “Depart, and go away from here. For Herod wishes to kill you.”
And he said to them: “Go and tell that fox: ‘Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish healings, today and tomorrow. And on the third day I reach the end.’
Yet truly, it is necessary for me to walk today and tomorrow and the following day. For it does not fall to a prophet to perish beyond Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, and you stone those who are sent to you. Daily, I wanted to gather together your children, in the manner of a bird with her nest under her wings, but you were not willing!
Behold, your house will be left desolate for you. But I say to you, that you shall not see me, until it happens that you say: ‘Blessed is he who has arrived in the name of the Lord.’”
Prayer on Fire Gospel Lesson
Some Pharisees warn him that Herod wants him dead. He calls Herod a fox. His course is already set. A prophet does not die away from Jerusalem.
Where this sits
The threat arrives on the road to the city. It does not alter the route.
Fixed, and grieving
Today, tomorrow, and the third day are already his. The lament is the other half. He would have gathered the city's children as a hen gathers a brood, and she would not. Judgment and longing are in the same speech. The house is left to them until they say the pilgrim blessing.
What to take
His course is fixed, and refusal grieves him. Being gathered is still the offer.
Original – Prayer on Fire
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