Thursday, 33rd week in Ordinary time
November 22, 2018: Revelations 5:1-10; Luke 19:41-44
Weeping is Christ-ian too when it is done for the right reasons and in the right mode. 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! We cry because we did not get what we wanted or we weep because we miss what we would have loved to have... In all such, what stands out is, me, my desires and my prospects.
Our minds have to transcend a self-centred understanding of reality, petty materialistic outlook on life and childish worldly worries. We need to fix our gaze on the things above... and rise above our basic living.
How many of us truly understand or atleast strive to explore the real and deep purpose of our lives? Didn't the Lord instruct us: seek first the Reign of God, the rest shall be given unto you!