In today's Gospel passage, we encounter Jesus in the depths of sadness because Jerusalem did not welcome Him and did not recognize God the Father working in Him. As a result, the Holy City will suffer the consequences of denying Him. In the pain of rejection, Jesus sheds real tears. His life's mission was to unveil God's welcoming love for all people. However, many of them rejected the Good News he so wanted to give to them.
In this particular passage, Jesus appears to be helpless in the face of such rejection. He grieves the results of human stubbornness. He went to Jerusalem to seek and save the lost, but He did not force His hope on the people.
Jesus relates to us in the same way; He does not force us to accept Him. To be transformed by His love, we must be responsive to Him. He invites us into his friendship, but every so often, we need to stop and say to Him, like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over." (Luke 24:29)+
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