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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 13:31-35.
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who 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!
Behold, your house will be abandoned. (But) I tell you, you will not see me until (the time comes when) you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Commentary of the day : Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who 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!
Behold, your house will be abandoned. (But) I tell you, you will not see me until (the time comes when) you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Saint John-Paul II, Pope from 1978 to 2005
Apostolic Letter “Redemptionis anno”, April 1984
How often have I wanted to gather your children together”
In addition to its renowned and magnificent monuments, Jerusalem has living communities of believing Christians, Jews and Muslims, whose presence is a pledge and a source of hope for the nations, which in all parts of the world look towards the Holy City as towards a spiritual patrimony and a sign of peace and of concord. Yes, as the homeland of the heart of all the spiritual descendants of Abraham who have a deep love for it, and as a place where, for the eyes of faith, God’s infinite transcendence and created things meet, Jerusalem is a symbol of gathering, of union and of peace for the whole human family. The Holy City thus includes a firm call for peace to all of humankind and in particular to all who adore the one great God, the merciful Father of all peoples. Alas! We have to admit that Jerusalem continues to be a reason for rivalry, violence and territorial claims.
This situation and these thoughts bring to our lips the words of the prophet: “For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet. Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch.” (Isa 62:1) We think of the day, and we await it with impatience, when we shall all truly be “taught by God” (Jn 6:45), so that we might hear his message of reconciliation and peace. We think of the day when Jews, Christians, and Muslims will be able to share with one another in Jerusalem the greeting of peace, which Jesus addressed to his disciples after his resurrection: “Peace be with you.” (Jn 20:19)
This situation and these thoughts bring to our lips the words of the prophet: “For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet. Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch.” (Isa 62:1) We think of the day, and we await it with impatience, when we shall all truly be “taught by God” (Jn 6:45), so that we might hear his message of reconciliation and peace. We think of the day when Jews, Christians, and Muslims will be able to share with one another in Jerusalem the greeting of peace, which Jesus addressed to his disciples after his resurrection: “Peace be with you.” (Jn 20:19)
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The chapel was built by the Italian Antonio Barluzzi in 1955, recalls weeping of Jesus over the city of Jerusalem.
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Before Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, he looked up from the Mount of Olives to the city. He wept over it, because he foresaw the disaster that would make the Jewish people, because it would not recognize him as the Messiah (Lk 19.41 to 44).
19,37ff Luke 37 And when he was already close to the slope of the Mount of Olives, began the whole multitude of the disciples, with joy to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, Blessed is he who comes, the king, in the name of the Lord! Peace be in heaven and glory in the highest! 39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: Teacher, but thy disciples rightly! 40 He answered and said, I tell you, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city andwept over it , 42 saying: If you, even you knew at that time, which make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.43 For the time will come upon you when your enemies are around you a Wall pose, surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and you raze and thy children in thee, and no stone on the other, can be in you, because you did not recognize the time in which you were afflicted.
The "Dominus Flevit Church" recalls today that event. Since the 16th century, this place is set with the grief of Jesus about the fate of Jerusalem in connection.
1881 acquired the Franciscans of this site, which was on a procession from the Mount of Olives to the Holy Sepulchre . Establishing this church came when the Franciscans at this point unearthed an old cemetery and it came across the remains of a monastery and a church dating from the 5th century. Built in 1955 by the Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi the new chapel, the original mosaics there were left where they had found it. The roof was the shape of a teardrop. Instead eastward, as required by the rule, the church is oriented to the west. The Dominus Flevit Church is primarily known for their interior shots: Through a window behind the altar has a unique view of the Old City and the Temple Mount.
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