Luke 19: 41-44
Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem
41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
We tend to blame the people of Jerusalem for failing to recognize and accept Jesus, but aren't we all to some degree as blind and unresponsive as they? How many "miracles" has Jesus worked in our lives, and yet we stubbornly ignore his presence among us, and his call to us to follow him more closely! If only we would give our hearts more completely to him, how much peace we would enjoy.! No use "crying over spilled milk", let us begin now to welcome Jesus fully into our lives and show how much we love him by our service to those in need.
Bro. Rene
Dear Lord, as it was in
Jerusalem of your time, so it is with us today: your Word of peace,
unity, and reconciliation goes unheard and unheeded. The walls of
hostility and division are strong, and we know they exist in our own
hearts and minds also. We pray not only for our own conversion to your
ways, but also for the conversion of our nation and our Church.
Rev. Herb Yost, C.S.C.
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