XIV SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: Matthew 11:25-30
There are so many people who walk around with a heavy heart, so many who go through darkness without a flash of light to bring hope and so many who suffer pain, as there are so many who feel abandoned or experience oppression. The glamour of the high life is but for a few, and even that glamour many times hides the reality of hopelessness and despair that many of those who enjoy it go through.
In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus presents himself as the source of hope, the light that brings darkness to an end and the comforter who offers relief and brings peace to troubled hearts. His words are reassuring: “Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.” (Mt 11:28).
I remember when I was called to give the anointing of the sick to an old lady. She used to come regularly to church, but now she had gone blind. In spite of that, she looked full of life and joyful. When I suggested that it looked like cataracts and that with a simple operation, she would see again, she replied that there was no need of that. The Lord had been so good to her all her life! Why should she not accept what was being given to her now that her life was coming to an end? She had put herself totally in the hands of the Lord, and after a short while he took her to his kingdom.
Imitating Jesus Christ, we, who are his followers, must be a source of hope and must give comfort to all those who feel overburdened.
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