tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post7117921649017832499..comments2023-08-09T07:48:53.962-04:00Comments on Bear Witness to the Light: I Grieve For You, Jonathan My Brother! Most Dear Have You Been To Me.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-20599461184598217372010-01-23T09:24:40.772-05:002010-01-23T09:24:40.772-05:00Alas, the glory of Israel, Saul, slain upon your h...Alas, the glory of Israel, Saul, slain upon your heights.<br /><br />Saul died on Mount Gilboa; Jesus on Mount Calvary. Half-way through a war, the Lord's annointed died. The grief expressed here has similarities with the way the apostles must have felt on Good Friday. Also, in the Nunc dimittis, Simeon called the infant Jesus 'the Glory of Thy people Israel', like Saul in David's lament here.Sarah in the tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680566205364331756noreply@blogger.com