Evening: Psalm 73; Luke 13:31-35
The Gospel today reminds me of an Aesop fable … Jesus responds to threats from “that fox”, Herod. The people are ‘chicks’ that the hen protects under her wing. In farmyard fires, chicks have been found alive under the scorched wing of a dead hen, which died to save them. Whether Jesus’s powerful, protective metaphor (‘like a hen gathers her brood under her wing’) is about saving people from ‘fox’ or fire, it shows Jesus is ready to give himself to protect the nation, its people and its faith. He is the peace-envoy, whether or not all accept him.
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