Gospel: December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025 (Wednesday)
2nd Week of Advent
Psalter: Week 2 (Violet/White)
Our Lady of Loreto
Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 & 10
1st Reading: Isaiah 40:25-31
To whom, then, will you liken me or make me equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and see: who has created all this? He has ordered them as a starry host and called them each by name. So mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not one of them is missing. How can you say, O Jacob, how can you complain, O Israel, that your destiny is hidden from me, that your rights are ignored by the Lord? Have you not known, have you not heard that the Lord is an everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth? He does not grow tired or weary, his knowledge is without limit. He gives strength to the enfeebled, he gives vigor to the wearied. Youth may grow tired and faint, young men will stumble and fall, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar as with eagle’s wings; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and never tire.
Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest. For my yoke is easy; and my burden is light.”
Reflection:
“We are to learn his way of love.”
“My yoke is easy; and my burden is light.” Christ is teaching us how to live by this striking image. The yoke points to the Book of Proverbs, where Wisdom calls the people to take on the yoke of her instruction. Therefore, Christ, who Wisdom incarnate, invites us to come to him and learn from him. We are to learn his way of love, a way of gentleness and humility. Taking on the yoke means that we are accepting to be led, that we surrender ourselves to him, that he might direct our steps, and guide us in the ways of peace (Luke 1:79). The image of the yoke, combined with Isaiah also turns our thoughts to being strengthened by the Lord. Think of someone carrying two heavy buckets. A wooden yoke eases the burden, but the yoke would hurt the person’s neck if it weren’t shaped to his or her body. Therefore, taking on Christ’s yoke means that the burdens of life are lightened by being Christ-like. The yoke of the cross is made lighter by our conformity to Christ; we are strengthened for the sacrifices that we are called upon to make in showing true charity.
