A Tuesday of Holy Week Thought
“As he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes.” Luke 19:41-42When I read this passage, my heart breaks for Jesus, for Jerusalem, for all of us because we know what makes for peace; it is no longer hidden but it might as well still be since we refuse to see it. It is giving over of ourselves…”all our liberties”as Ignatius would say…”our entire will.” Just as Jesus did in obedience to his father’s will. Sometimes, I think, being on this side of the Resurrection makes me complacent…perhaps a little too comfortable with the knowledge that I am saved by his sacrifice. Sometimes it lends me to be a little less urgent in my own need to obey the will of God.
