Gospel: July 17, 2024
(Wednesday)
15th Week in Ordinary Time
Psalter: Week 3 / (Green)
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 94: 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15
The Lord will not abandon his people.
1st Reading: Isaiah 10: 5-7, 13b-16
Gospel: Matthew 11: 25-27
On that occasion Jesus said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to simple people. Yes, Father, this is what pleased you.
Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Reflection: “Openness and docility”
Simple people are the ones who are more open and docile to God’s revelation. Often, they are the ones who can be taught and who can catch good values. In today’s Gospel, Jesus praised the Father. He praised the Father because it is to simple people that God reveals himself.
We may further reflect on what kind of revelation the Father shows simple people. In this regard, the passage hints at the relationship between God the Father and Jesus. Jesus said that no one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son wished to reveal the Father.
The relationship existing between Jesus and God the Father is the fulcrum upon which we can begin understanding divine revelation. Jesus’ openness and docility came to be very evident when he was sent by the Father as the Savior of the world. We need to emulate Jesus’ openness and docility in our world today.
There is an influx of information provided by the Internet but it will not enable us to have a glimpse of the divine mystery unless we remain open and docile to God’s grace.
