Dominus Flevit - Jesus Weeps for His People and His World

1. Jesus weeps over his people & his world Luke chapter 19 verses 41-48 Luke 9 v 51 “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for [set his face towards] Jerusalem.”

2. 41 But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep. 42 “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes. 43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not accept your opportunity for salvation.” 45 Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices. 46 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”[a] 47 After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. 48 But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said. (NLT)

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7. Dominus Flevit (“The Lord Wept”) Catholic Church - built in 1953-55 in the shape of a tear drop; designed by Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi.

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9. 41 As [Jesus] approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes. 43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not accept your opportunity for salvation.” (NLT)

10. What breaks your heart, what brings you to tears, as you look at the world? What frustrates you; gives you a ‘holy discontent’ with how things are?

11. Child abuse & family violence • Child abuse by clergy • The violence across Africa, child armies and dictatorships • Those living in refugee camps & detention centres, with no hope • of leaving • The rejection of God and decline of moral values • The loss of hope & suicide by young people • Family members and friends who do not know and love God • Exploitation and human trafficking esp of young women & girls • The abuse of drugs & alcohol & how it ruins lives • Exploitation and pollution of our environment - rivers, oceans, • atmosphere, forests • The greedy exploitation of world resources & nations to feed our • insatiable hunger for industrial and technological goods. • The damaging effects of unemployment & welfare dependency • Conflict in the Middle East

12. How do we avoid losing hope over these things? What is there about your life right now that may bring God to tears?