![]() A few years ago when I lived for two months in Hong Kong on sabbatical I would occasionally see someone carrying a bundle or box on his or her head in one of the market areas of that city. While I was living in Japan it was common to see women carrying baskets or bundles of farm produce tied on their backs with bands of soft cloth. Those of you, who have travelled in Asia, or Africa, or in the Middle East, will probably have seen people carrying buckets, or bundles at the two ends of yokes, or of poles carried on their shoulders, or bundles strapped on their backs, or carried on their heads. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Mt. Jesus also gave further words of comfort to those who had gathered to hear his teaching when he said “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. We can see it especially in Jesus’ prayer in the garden of Gethsemane on the night of his passion. We can see this very occasionally in the prayers of Jesus and his exasperation when the disciples were slow to understand what he was teaching them. Speaking as perfect man Jesus could share with all of us human beings the experience of feeling weariness and of bearing burdens. 11:28) In saying this Jesus was speaking as the Son of God, sharing the gift of power and promising to strengthen the weak and the powerless. In today’s Gospel we heard the comforting words of Jesus “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” (Mt. Going beyond that he gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. ![]() In our first reading we heard Isaiah reminding us that God, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary. ![]()
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