A few years ago, I attended a series of Bible studies on the Gospels held by the bishop of the Columbus diocese. He said there were a few passages in the Bible

A few years ago, I attended a series of Bible studies on the Gospels held by the bishop of the Columbus diocese. He said there were a few passages in the Bible that he hoped he never had to preach on because he had never been able to understand them and he had never found any commentary on them that made any sense either. That was one of those passages. Another that he cited was psalm 137 (in the numbering of the Revised Standard Version). The first two stanzas actually appear in the mass every now and again, but the third is always left out: Remember, O Lord, against the E′domites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Raze it, raze it! Down to its foundations!” O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us! Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! I remember him saying, "St. Augustine claimed that the children represent our venial sins and we must show no mercy in dashing them to bits. Well...nice try."