But if we’ve read attentively, we remember that Matthew’s gospel tells us that Jesus will do what we cannot. Jesus will not avoid Jerusalem and its empire that strikes out against him. Jesus will walk right into its teeth, accepting its wrath in the form of a cross. And that will change everything. Christ’s example will give us the courage to admit our own hypocrisy, and to pray with genuine resolve that God’s Kingdom will come and God’s will be done. And when we open ourselves to God’s will rather than our own,......

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