Wednesday of the
Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
(Isaiah 10:5-7.13b-16; Matthew 11:25-27)
According to a contemporary proverb, when life deals you
lemons, you are to make lemonade. It may
sound Pollyannaish, but it might be said that Jesus is up to something similar
in today’s gospel.
The tenor of today’s gospel differs so dramatically from
yesterday’s that they seem to come from different parts of the New
Testament. Yet they follow one another
as surely as calf and cow. In
yesterday’s passage Jesus complained that Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum will
not reform despite the fact that he has shown them God’s mighty deeds. But Jesus refuses to sulk. Rather in today’s
verses, that directly follow the lament over the three towns, Jesus thanks God
for revealing His glory to the humble.
The passage reassures us that we do not have to be rich,
schooled, or intelligent to be enlightened by God. As a matter of fact, the situation indicates
the contrary. When we humbly submit to
God in prayer and obedience, He will reveal His truth to us.
