The triumphal procession of Jesus had passed the summit of the Mount of Olives and was descending the western slope toward the Temple, which was overlooked from there. The whole city appeared before the sight of Jesus. When Jesus contemplated that panorama, he wept
That weeping, among so many joyful shouts and at such a solemn entrance, must have been completely unexpected. The disciples were bewildered at the sight of Jesus. So much joy had been shattered all at once, in a moment.
Jesus looks on as Jerusalem sinks into sin, into its ignorance and blindness: Alas, if only you knew at least on this day that has been given to you, what can bring you peace! But now all is hidden from your eyes9. The Lord sees how other days will fall upon her, which will no longer be like this day, a day of joy and salvation, but of misfortune and ruin. A few years later, the city would be razed to the ground. Jesus weeps over the impenitence of Jerusalem. How eloquent are these tears of Christ! Full of mercy, he pities this city that rejects him.
Nothing remained to be tried: neither in miracles, nor in works, nor in words; with a tone of severity at times, indulgent at others.... Jesus has tried everything with everyone: in the city and in the country, with simple people and with wise doctors, in Galilee and in Judea.... Even now, and in every age, Jesus gives the richness of his grace to every man, because his will is always saving.
In our life, too, there has been nothing left to try, no remedy to put in place. So many times Jesus has made himself available to us! So many ordinary and extraordinary graces he has poured out on our life! "The Son of God himself united himself, in a certain way, with every man by his incarnation. With human hands he worked, with human mind he thought, with human will he worked, with human heart he loved. Born of the Virgin Mary he became truly one of us, equal to us in all things but sin. An innocent Lamb, he merited life for us by freely shedding his blood, and in him God himself reconciled us to himself and to one another, and wrested us from the slavery of the devil and of sin, so that each one of us can say with the Apostle: the Son of God loved me and gave himself for me (Gal 2:20).
The history of every man is the history of God's continual solicitude for him. Every man is the object of the Lord's predilection. Jesus tried everything with Jerusalem, and the city did not want to open its doors to mercy. It is the profound mystery of human freedom, which has the sad possibility of rejecting divine grace. Free man, subject yourself to voluntary servitude so that Jesus will not have to say for you what they say he said for others to Mother Teresa: "Teresa, I wanted to... But men did not want to...". But men did not want to""