When the Savior Weeps
4-2-17 (Lent 5A) Psalm 130; John 11:1-45 When the Savior Weeps Jesus wept. It’s such a short verse of scripture, such a tiny little piece of this huge, sweeping story of death and resurrection. And yet, somehow it still captivates us nonetheless. People have had the verse tattooed onto their bodies because of its powerful significance to them, and yet there are so many things, even in this same chapter, that say more about Jesus to us. What is it about this singular verse that enthralls us and keeps drawing us back to those two simple words, time and time again? On the one hand, it’s a simple enough explanation: the verse reminds us in the most succinct manner possible that Jesus was, in fact, human . While the theology and the metaphysics of the incarnation will always remain something of a mystery to us despite our best attempts at trying to come to terms with the claims of scripture, we remember that the Bible and tradition both hold fir...