June 26 - Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.25:1-12; Ps.137:1-6; Mt.8:1-4) "Then Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, led into exile the last of the people remaining in the city." And so the exile is complete. Not a soul remains in the holy city. And their captors "burned the house of the Lord, the palace of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem." Not a stone is left standing one upon another. Not even the government appointed by the king of Babylon could remain. And they even "tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem." Now she is utterly exposed. Now she who was his precious pearl is cast out and trampled underfoot. And…
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