The hardest thing of all is to respond with love to other people ".Stiff-necked " applies to all humanity not  just the Jews, Today we hear that the Lord is going to gather in the scattered sons of Israel and resettle them where their home will be for ever.

Lord gather in us the lost souls who have desecrated the Church which is your body here on earth.

And the already gathered in are today considering how to deal with Jesus whose recent miracle of bringing back Mary' s brother Lazarus has inspired many to expect even more from Jesus. Their leaders are now sure that they want to kill him. They will have to bring the multitude to their way of thinking if there  is to be a successful outcome.

Lord show us the way that we the believers can force our leaders to be true to their true vocation / ordination, leading us to you.