Gospel, Matthew 11:25-30
“At that time Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no ones knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.”
When we are as children in our faith, we are open to all possibilities. In fact, as children, we are wide-eyed at the possibilities! This is what Jesus was referring to in today’s gospel. The learned can know too much, become skeptical. They are not open to possibilities that seem illogical to them or that they are not able to prove. They have a hard time accepting on faith alone. Children believe more easily; they accept. They believe … in wide-eyed wonder. We must be like children, believing that our Father cares for us, and that we can cast our burdens at His feet knowing that He will make our yoke light as we go forward anticipating the possibilities.
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