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The Gospel for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost.
(Luke xix. 41 - 47).
At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem,
seeing the City, He wept over it, saying:
“If thou also hadst known, and that in this day,
the things that are to thy peace:
“But now, they are hidden from thy eyes.
“For the days shall come upon thee,
and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee round,
and straiten thee on every side;
“And beat thee flat to the ground,
and thy children who are in thee;
and they shall not leave in thee
a stone upon a stone . . .
“. . . because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation”.
Indeed, Zephyrinus, Dom Prosper Gueranger’s comments for this particular Sunday’s Epistle and Gospel are somewhat grim reminders of the balance between Christ’s limitless charity and mercy and as Dom Prosper says, His necessity for God the Father’s justice (Epistle: 1 Cor 10:6-13: “And do not become idolaters, even as some of them were, as it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.’ Neither let us commit fornication, even as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents. Neither murmur, as some of them murmured, and perished at the hands of the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them as a type, and they were written for our correction, upon whom the final age of the world has come.”) and the Gospel (Luke 19:41-47: “…because you have not known the time of your visitation.”) (Part 1, Comment by Dante P)
ReplyDelete(Part 2) There is a narrated YouTube videocast of Dom Gueranger’s comments for the 9th Sunday for those interested (1hr 15 min total) which goes into the entire history subsequent to Our Lord’s Life, Death and Resurrection, gathered from the accounts in the Roman histories and from Josephus, that detail the terrible fulfillment of Christ’s Gospel prophecy here (as well as the Epistle reading, taken together), the fall and destruction of Jerusalem and the Diaspora. It is enough to make one sprinkle holy water on oneself: but it also gives a profound perspective to the Scriptures and our need to practice penitence and absolute faith in Christ, in contrast to the unbelieving Jewish leaders and many of the people of Jerusalem.
ReplyDeleteIn Principio YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/_h6JTwyN89I?is=e6MxXxXOPmiUC0DN
A very solemn and correct analysis by Dante P, our Mediæval Liturgical Correspondent, of the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost's Epistle and Gospel.
DeleteIn the middle of all the Liturgy's warnings, hints, cajoling, and explanations, there is (if one reads it), is the stunning comment: “. . . the time of Mercy has ended; The time of Justice is here”.
Let those who have eyes, see; Let those who have ears, hear.
Thank You, Dante P, for another worthy and most interesting contribution.