He Loved Us Through Loneliness: The Hidden Pain of Holy Tuesday

Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. (John 16:32)Two thousand years later, we tend to associate Holy Week with togetherness — with gatherings on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and maybe more. But the first Holy Week was the loneliest week of all for Jesus.To be sure, there were plenty of people around in the crowded city — holding palm branches, huddled around the bread and wine, fighting in the garde