Sacredness of Sadness

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Do you cry? Why? Why do you cry? In the Gospel today, from Luke 19: 41-44, our Lord Jesus wept when He saw the city of Jerusalem because He knew of its impending destruction. He said, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace– but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” True enough, Rome destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD, and with it the Temple our Lord called His Father's house. One rare instance when our Lord wept. He shed tears of sadness, a very human act. Emotional tears - tears that spring from the heart. Considering the destruction of the world today, our Lord must be weeping again. That's the reason I was shedding tears the other day. I couldn't bear the wretched of the earth suffering. I do get emotional, too.