Mourning the Churban

We don’t understand in our great iniquity, the greatness of cleaving to Hashem and the greatness of the in gathering of the dispersed of Yisroel and thus our awaiting of the Geula (redemption), is merely due to our desire to satiate our thirst and eat its fruits and top be satisfied from its goodness and to exempt ourselves from the yoke of exile. And how can it be that we aren’t embarrassed by our crying and lamenting over our lack of sustenance, for we should cry out, “Where is our Lord”! We have forgotten how bad and how bitter it is that we have been exiled from the table of our Father in Shamayim, (“Heaven”), may his name be blessed. We have forgotten His Torah and the desecration of His Great Name and our wailing day and night is merely over our lack of sustenance. No one considers to mourn over the exile and due to this the Shechinah, (Hashem’s presence), gourds itself in sackcloth and wails and cries over it’s children, that they don’t wail.

Chassam Sofer - Drashos