11.20.13

Lectio:   Lk 19.41-44                                                  

Meditatio: “As he [Jesus] drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, ‘If this day you only knew what makes peace - but now is hidden from ..your eyes’.” Lk 19. 41-42
           
Oratio: O God, how you wanted Your chosen people to accept You and how sad it made You and tragically them for their failure to recognize Jesus.

I remember Jesus on His final journey to the cross saw Jerusalem and wept over it because He knew that their failure to recognize Him, the Prince of Peace, would lead to so much bloodshed for them and their children.                                        

Grant that I may be ever mindful that Jesus is Peace itself and to live in peace I need to live in Him.  In prayer seek the grace to do so.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: "city...wept over it"; Jerusalem, the favorite city of God; it rejected the Prince  of Peace and would experience great devastation and Jesus knew the terrible future that would befall them. In prayer seek the peace of Christ which means seek the way of love and no matter what happens on the outside, you will be able to be at peace within.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 19.45-48