Dominus Flevit

Saturday March 2^nd, Luke 13 :  34"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"  There is a church not far down the hill from the garden of Gethsemane, it is called Dominus Flevit which means The Cry of the Lord.  It was designed by architect Anton Barluzzin and is one of the later churches in the area built between 1953 and 1955.  It looks out over Jerusalem, the mosaic on the altar is a hen spreading her wings over some young chicks, the window holds the cup and bread symbol of God’s continued presence with us in communion.  The shape of the building is reminiscent of a tear drop.  The church supposedly marks the spot where Jesus cried out the words from this text.  God’s plan for our life is always much grander than the reality of our individual or corporate lives.  All have sinned and fallen short of the glory God has in store for your life.  Come, live your life under the wings, the protection, the love, and the call to fear not, of God.  Live the promise, and don’t let the foxes scatter you.  The wings of the one who loves you will protect you.