Gospel: Matthew
11:25-30
At that time Jesus
exclaimed: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for
although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have
revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All
things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except
the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the
Son wishes to reveal him."
"Come to me,
all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find
rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
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Reflection:
There’s a story of
two neighbors one was very rich, wise and learned and the other one was a simple
middle class guy. Naturally being poles apart they both have their own
lifestyles. The rich one was fond of expensive things he had good taste with the
better things of life and he lived a complicated lifestyle.
The middle class guy
lived a simple lifestyle; his guiding principle was this: “Live simply and let
God take care everything.” There was another thing that separates these two
friends. The rich one trusted on his riches: whenever he had problems he would
always look for comfort on his riches. On
the other hand the simple man trusted on God he would always pray for his
protection and guidance. He never misses to attend Holy Mass during Sundays; God
is always number one in his life.
To be rich is not a
sin neither a curse in fact it’s a blessing from God that we must properly take
care of. Riches or material possession becomes a curse in our lives when we put
our trust on it. When we regard ourselves so highly and we become domineering
and arrogant.
So what is the
proper attitude that we must always have especially if we are rich, learned and
wise? The proper behavior to have is to always be humble. If we have almost
everything in life the more that we become humble. Let us remember that Jesus
has everything yet He chose the less travelled path of humility by dying on the
cross for our sake.
In the first reading
the prophet Zechariah echoes the power of Jesus by saying that His dominion
shall be from sea to sea. And from the river to the ends of the world; yet He
was meek and rode on an ass.
A person will never go
to Jesus if he is full of arrogance caused by his riches and other worldly
things. Naturally, Jesus will certainly not reveal His majesty to this kind of
person. But the moment we prefer to become humble, we prefer to let Jesus come
into our lives and we choose to abhor any form of arrogance.
Expect to discern
this invitation of Jesus: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek
and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is
easy, and my burden light. (Matthew 11:28-30)” – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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