Thursday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time
Luke 13:31-35
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you will kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how many times I yearned to gather your children together
as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were
unwilling.
Herod the fox
Jesus the hen (not a lion or a
tiger or a bear;)
A hen and a fox…is this a fair fight? What does a hen do to protect her chicks?
What she does is gather them
together. She hides and protects
them. She will get eaten first. She hopes she will be enough food to cause the
fox to take a long nap giving the chicks time to get away. The hen protects sacrificially. She lays down her life.
The Pharisees don’t have any
useful information for Jesus. Jesus is
on a timetable of his own making. He is
about the business of gathering. But it
is a gathering that strengthens and fortifies.
He gathers a remnant that will somehow ‘get it’ post crucifixion. On the road to Emmaus the nickel will
drop. They will understand a hen’s
love. They will have eyes to see the
resurrection.
It is a good reflection
When do I operate in fox mode?
When do I operate in hen mode?
Do I like the ratio?
Hen mode is life giving…for the long haul.
May it increase.
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