In that hour some of the Pharisees
came to him and said to (Jesus):
‘Leave and go from here,
because Herod wants to kill you.’
And he said to them:
‘Go and say to that fox –
“Look, I am casting out demons
and performing healings
today and the next day
and on the third day I will be finished.”
‘Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go
today, the next day and on the third (day)
because it is not possible for a prophet to be killed
outside Jerusalem.
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem
who kills the prophets
and stones those sent to her,
how often I have wanted to gather together your children
just as hen (gathers) her brood
under her wings
yet you have not wanted (that).
‘Look, your house is deserted to you.
I say to you all:
you will not see me until you say:
“Blessed (is) is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.”‘
Eternal God and Father,
you create us by your power,
and redeem us by your love,
guide and strengthen us by your Spirit,
that we may give ourselves in love and service
to one another and to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen