Saturday, April 04, 2009

Fixing One's Gaze on Jerusalem

How did Jesus feel while entering Jerusalem? Did he indeed feel like a King triumphantly entering his city after a victory at battle? Did He rejoice at the sight of all the people acclaiming Him as Son of David, laying their garments on his way?

Probably not, because He knew at that point that death was already a real and inevitable possibility. And anyone confronted with death trembles
at that the sight.

But going to Jerusalem is something he has firmly decided on much earlier, in Luke's Gospel, as early as Chapter 9. V. 51: "and he has set his face to go to Jerusalem". Jesus enters Jerusalem, then, with determination and firmness, albeit certainly with the usual human fear and anxiety before an impending suffering and possible death.

May we, too, enter our own Jerusalems with the same firmness as Jesus did.

1 comment:

Chiz said...

Good reflection Father