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13 May 2019

Gathering In Jerusalem



In tempore illo vocabunt Jerusalem solium Domini et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes in nomine Domini in Jerusalem, et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi.

Nequaquam Dominus sedebit super arcam Testamenti et Cherubim, cui prius ab illo populo dicebatur: Qui sedes super Cherubim, manifestare;  sed omnes perfecta mente credentes, erunt thronus Dei. Vel certe melius totum de Ecclesia intelligendum: quando congregantur omnes gentes in nomine Domini in Jerusalem, in qua est visio pacis: et nequaquam ambulant post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi, ut faciunt quae desiderant, nec suos sequuntur errores: sed dicunt cum Propheta: Adhaesit anima mea post te: me suscepit dextera tua.


Sanctus Hieronymus, Commentariorum In Jeremiam Propheta, Caput III

Source Migne PL 24 703 
At that time they will call Jerusalem  the throne of the Lord and all the nations shall be gathered to it, in the name of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall walk no more after the depravity of their base hearts. 1

It shall not be that the Lord will sit above the ark of the testament and the Cherubim, concerning which the people have said, 'You who are enthroned above the cherubim shine forth,' 2  but rather all those believing with a perfect mind will be the throne of God. Or even better, one should understand this as being about the whole Church, when all the nations are gathered in the name of the Lord in Jerusalem, in which is the vision of peace, and they shall no more stubbornly walk after the depravity of their base hearts, that they do what they desire, nor shall they follow their own errors, but they will say with the Prophet, 'My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.' 3



Saint Jerome, from the Commentary on Jeremiah, Chapter 3

1 Jer 3.17
2 Ps 79.2
3 Ps 62.9

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