Show Notes
We reflect on the Gospel where Jesus refuses fear, sets his face toward Jerusalem, and laments with tenderness instead of anger. We unpack the mother hen image to show God’s protective love, our real freedom, and the painful cost of staying unwilling. • Jesus keeps working despite Herod’s threat • Jesus’ tender lament over Jerusalem • The mother hen image as protection through self-sacrifice • God’s love as something we do not earn • Human freedom as necessary for real love • Sin as refusal o...
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