https://freerepublic.com/tag/motherhen/ en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:08:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3899419/posts THURSDAY OF THE THIRTIETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 13:31-35 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus compares himself to a mother hen who longs to gather her chicks under her wing. As the theologian N.T. Wright points out, this is much more than a sentimental image. It refers to the gesture of a hen when fire is sweeping through the barn. In order to protect her chicks, she will sacrifice herself, gathering them under her wing and using her own body as a shield. On the cross, Jesus used, as it were, his own sacrificed body as a shield, taking the... Word on Fire Ministry https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3899419/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:08:19 GMT