Come To Me
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| (The Lord is My Shepherd by Liauw Yang Lai) |
As Jesus went along the roads of Galilee proclaiming the
Kingdom of God and healing many sick people, ‘he had compassion on the crowds,
for they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd’ (cf. Mt
9:35-36).
Jesus’ gaze seems to extend to this day, to our world.
Today, too, it rests on so many people oppressed by difficult living conditions
and lacking valid reference points to find a meaning and a purpose for their
existence. Exhausted multitudes are found in the poorest countries, harshly
tried by poverty; and even in the richer countries there are numerous
dissatisfied men and women who are even ill with depression. Let us think of the many evacuees and refugees, of all those who emigrate, putting their own lives at risk. Christ then
rests his gaze upon all these people, indeed upon each one of these children of
the Father who is in Heaven and repeats: ‘Come to me, all...’ of you.
Jesus promised he would give everyone ‘rest’, but on one
condition: ‘Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly
in heart’. What is this ‘yoke’ which lightens instead of burdening, which
instead of oppressing, uplifts? The ‘yoke’ of Christ is the law of love, it is
his commandment which he bequeathed to his disciples (cf. Jn 13:34; 15:12). The
true remedy for humanity’s wounds, both material — such as hunger and injustice
in all its forms — and psychological and moral, caused by a false well-being,
is a rule of life based on fraternal love, whose source is in the love of God...”
~Benedict XVI (from Sunday, 3 July 2011)
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