Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27
On that occasion, Jesus said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you; because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to simple people. Yes, Father, this was your gracious will. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father; and no one knows the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Reflection:
"The experience of wonder and awe in God’s presence."
In trying to understand the burning bush, some scholars have tried to find an earthly explanation for an experience of the divine. Some proposed that the flames were red flowers. Others have suggested a bush found in north Africa which gives off flammable vapour from the oils in its stem. However, it doesn’t ignite spontaneously, and when it is set on fire, the flash of flame last only seconds. Jesus says in the Gospel, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you; because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to simple people,” to those who stand as children before God, acknowledging his majesty. The miracle of the burning bush is just that: a miracle, not flowers or gas vapours. Only this explains the amazement of Moses, which leads him to kneel humbly before God. This experience of wonder and awe in God’s presence leads Moses through his doubt and confusion to accept God’s call to save his people. It’s that same humility before the wondrous which leads Mary through her uncertainty to accept her call to be the mother of our Saviour. With Mary and Moses, let us kneel humbly before the Lord.
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