Certain images slip by our attention until we discover their depth. One such image might be the parable of the hen and her chickens in the Gospel of Matthew – but only until we realise the extraordinary nature of the hen’s care for her brood.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.” (Matthew 23:37)
The hen and her chicks: an image of God's tender love
Certain images slip by our attention until we discover their depth. One such image might be the parable of the hen and her chickens in the Gospel of Matthew – but only until we realise the extraordinary nature of the hen’s care for her brood.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.” (Matthew 23:37)