'The more you abandon to God the care
of all temporal things the more He will take care to provide for all your
wants. But if on the contrary you try to supply all your needs Providence will
allow you to continue to do just that, and then it may very well happen that
even necessity will be lacking to you. For God will reprove you for your lack
of faith in reliance on self.' - St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
Gospel Text: (MT 11:28-30)
Jesus said to the crowds:
“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.”
Yes, Jesus calls us to take his yoke
upon our shoulders, which is a sign of submission and an acceptance of abject
vulnerability, but it is, in our case, only a surrender to God, a readiness to
belong to Him and to learn, a childlike dependence and willingness to let God
love us into life by His forming us in His ways.
Where do I need to make that surrender,
to change my ways into His? Where do I need to learn to depend on God at
every moment and in every way?
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