Tears of love (Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI)

      To be a prophet is not to proclaim oneself loudly as counter-cultural, as cultural deviant, as agitator, as divine disturber, as righteous protector of the poor, as angry by divine right. To be a prophet is to love the world and hope that you never have to get angry with it. To be a prophet is to cry tears of love when you are angry. To be a prophet is to get angry only to lead back to love. 

--Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI,
Facebook, December 21, 2022

Image source: Rogier van der Weyden, detail, the tears of Mary of Clopas, Descent from the Cross (ca.1435), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying#/media/File:Weyden,_Rogier_van_der_-_Descent_from_the_Cross_-_Detail_women_(left).jpg