STAINED WITH TEARS
Do you recognize God's visitation today in your life?
Why does Jesus weep
and lament for this city of Jerusalem? God had sent them the prophets and now
His only Son Jesus. They did not understand God's word, because of pride and
unbelief. They did not recognize God's visitation in His Son Jesus. Jesus'
entrance was a gracious visitation. Jerusalem's lack of faith, however, leads
to its destruction. Jesus' lamentation and prophecy echoes Jeremiah's of the
first destruction of Jerusalem and it first temple. Jeremiah's lamentation
offered hope of deliverance and restoration: As we read in Lamentations 3 - But
this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord
never ceases, his mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Jesus' death and resurrection would bring about a new temple in the Holy
Spirit, the church as the bride of Christ and the people of God.
Responsorial Psalm
we acclaim: To the upright I will show the saving power of God. God has spoken
and summoned/ He shines forth... No matter whom we are, or what age...
Points to Pray and Ponder: Do you recognize God's visitation today in your
life?
Do you accept the
grace to turn away from sin and to walk in God's way of peace and holiness?