Thursday of Week 33 in Ordinary Time - Luke 19: 41-44
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🗓️ 20 November 2024
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Luke 19: 41-44 - 'Jesus sheds tears over the coming fate of Jerusalem.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 558 (In 'Jesus' ascent to Jerusalem') - Jesus recalls the martyrdom of the prophets who had been put to death in Jerusalem. Nevertheless he persists in calling Jerusalem to gather around him: “How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!” When Jerusalem comes into view he weeps over her and expresses once again his heart’s desire: “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Logical Bible Study podcast. Our goal here is to help you understand |
| 0:16.7 | the gospel readings a little better. So we do a verse by verse exegesis from a rigorous academic, |
| 0:23.1 | but very Catholic perspective. So we're faithful to the teaching of the Magisterium. And we're |
| 0:29.2 | trying to help you understand the literal sense of scripture, which is where we should start as |
| 0:33.1 | Catholics. So the gospel reading for today's Mass is Luke chapter 19 verses 41 to 44. |
| 0:40.3 | As Jesus drew near Jerusalem and came in sight of the city, he shed tears over it and said, |
| 0:47.3 | If you in your turn had only understood on this day the message of peace, but alas, it is hidden from your eyes. |
| 0:57.0 | Yes, a time is coming when your enemies will raise fortifications all around you, |
| 1:02.0 | when they will encircle you and hem you in on every side. |
| 1:06.0 | They will dash you and the children inside your walls to the ground. They will leave not one stone standing |
| 1:13.3 | on another within you, and all because you did not recognize your opportunity when God offered it. |
| 1:22.2 | So some pretty strong words here from Jesus. Let's start by thinking about the context. If you want to understand a |
| 1:28.6 | passage in the Bible, you always want to think about what has happened just before this. |
| 1:32.8 | So at this stage, Jesus is moving from Galilee. He's going up to Jerusalem for the final |
| 1:37.6 | phase of his ministry. He's doing things along the way, and he's finally arrived at Jerusalem. |
| 1:43.4 | After this really long section in the middle of Luke, he's finally arrived at Jerusalem. After this really long section in the middle |
| 1:45.3 | of Luke, he's finally arrived. Just before this he's had the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. |
| 1:51.8 | So if you want to hear what comes immediately before this, you can hear that reading on Palm |
| 1:55.8 | Sunday in Year C. Now at this stage he hasn't actually entered Jerusalem technically. He's just outside the |
| 2:02.6 | city and there's lots of crowds around him and he's just arrived at the top of the Mount of Olives, |
| 2:07.4 | which is very near to the city. So he has a very good view of Jerusalem. He arrives at the top of the |
| 2:12.2 | Mount of Olives and he looks over and sees Jerusalem, which is what prompts his words in today's |
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