Jesus Wept

Jesus Wept

Jesus wept.

How odd to think of those words,
that you,
our Lord,
our comforter,
our king,
would know the pain
that tears at the heart
and brings the tears,
one by one
trickling down the cheeks,
but you are Emmanuel,
God With Us,
who knows our pain,
who has drunk the cup of grief,
who knows the sorrow
of hearing of a friend's loss,
the aching separation of saying goodbye to a parent,
the hurt that rings so much of life.

O Lord who walks with us
and knows our sorrows,
be with those in grief today,
those who will lose a loved one,
see tragedy,
know their child will choose the dark,
be left to pick up the shatters of bad luck,
bad choice,
hard situations.

Lord,
we give you so much grief and pain,
thank you for giving back your love.

Amen.

Susan E. Stone, 2004
http://www.catholicmeditations.com/cathmedblog/2004_07_25_archive.html