127. Answer to the Words: “Herod Seeks to Kill You; Depart”. Lk. 13:31–35

At that time some Pharisees came and said to Him: Go forth and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You. And He said to them: Go, tell that fox: Behold, I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish. But yet it is necessary for Me to go on today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

And I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you shall say: Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!