“Your house is left to you desolate.” (Luke 13:35)

“Your house is left to you desolate.” (Luke 13:35)

After Jesus’ disciples marveled at the buildings of the great Temple and its wondrous architecture, our Lord prophesied its destruction, which would take place forty years later in 70 A.D. when the Romans invaded Jerusalem. Historical records, including those of the chronicler Josephus, describe in detail the Roman invasion and the Temple’s ruin.

Fr. John