Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest. For my yoke is easy; and my burden is light.”
Reflection:
"Come to me."
God says to Moses, “I mean to bring you out of all this oppression.” Jesus says to his disciples, “Come to me … and I will give you rest.’ God speaks to us today of rest and consolation in times of trial. He led his people out of Egypt to freedom, and he invites us to come close to him so that he can shoulder our sorrows with us. But the lifting of the burden is not magic. God calls us to make an exodus with him out of sorrow or sin, a journey which could be long and difficult. How do we cope if the journey is long? Saint Thérèse of Lisieux taught that we are only to think of the suffering of the present moment rather than think of all the suffering of the past and of the future, so that we are not defeated by discouragement. The Venerable Francis Xavier Van Thuan of Vietnam took this teaching to heart. He said that living with God in the moment allowed him to endure the suffering of thirteen years imprisonment for his faith because the suffering of the moment passes, and each moment becomes an invitation to holiness.
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