Now... Come!

WORD 2day: Thursday, 15th week in Ordinary time

July 16, 2020: Isaiah 26: 7-9, 12, 16-19; Matthew 11: 28-30

The yearning of a Godless soul, the struggle of a people who have gone far away from God is intensely presented in the first reading today. The world today is treading that path indeed... trying its best to define life sans God; trying to convince everyone around that it is possible to live without having anything to do with anything called god! Worse still, the trend today advocates creating our own gods and creating gods of ourselves! 

We have been thinking for long that we have solutions for every problem and even for those that we do not have the solutions, we could create shortcuts that can keep the pain and the struggle away for the time being. Hardly did we realise that something can bring the whole world to a standstill for such long, persisting time! We are at a point where we do not know whether we would find a return or whether things will be again the way they have previously been!

This is not to frighten or threaten us, nor to discourage or dishearten us! The Word today presents to us the situation and the Lord's response - yes, you have gone far away from me, and caused so many grievous situations for yourself. But do not panic; do not fret; I have all this time been beside you just waiting for you to freely choose to come to me. Now, Come!

The Lord invites us today to the true consolation, the real solution, the authentic peace that can give meaning to our daily life and all its strife. He does not promise an absence of yoke, nor does he lure us with a negation of burden...he promises a yoke that fits us perfectly and a burden that proves really bearable: because we live it in the Lord's company. 'Come to me' says the Lord, because all the struggle is since you have moved away from me. 

Come to me...and learn of me...and you will find meaning, peace, consolation and serenity!