The Right Weeping - Christian style
Thursday, 33rd week in Ordinary Time
Rev 5:1-10; Lk 19:41-44
Weeping is Christian too when it is done for the right reasons. Jesus himself wept, it is said, once for his friend and the other time for Jerusalem... both that they may be saved in the Lord.
John weeps in the first reading today that there is no one to open the scroll. Such was his eagerness to hear the Word and understand the will of God. Crying, weeping, complaining for the right reasons is commendable. But the unfortunate fact is that we cry and weep for all wrong reasons!
Our minds have to transcend the petty materialistic concerns and childish worldly worries. We need to fix our gaze on the things of heaven. Didn't the Lord instruct us: seek first the Reign of God, the rest shall be given unto you!