Today
when, at the end of the day, we feel weary and exhausted —for,
at times, we all have heavy burdens difficult to bear— we may
recall these words of Jesus, «Come to me, all you who work hard
and who carry heavy burdens and I will refresh you» (Mt
11:28). Let us find all our rest in Him, who is the only one that can
make our burden light and take our worries away, so that we can find
all the peace and all the love the world denies us.
Human
relief needs, to be authentic, a dose of “contemplation”.
If we turn our eyes to heaven and pray with all our heart, if we are
humble, we can be sure we shall find and see God, because He is there
(«Father, Lord of heaven, I praise you»: Mt
11:25). But He is not only there, we can also find him in the
“easy yoke” of our everyday's small things: let us find
him in that child's smile, full of innocence; in the grateful stare,
from that ailing person we have visited; in that poor man's eyes
beseeching our help, our compassion...
Let
us rest in our loving Savior, and let us fully trust in Him, who is
our sole salvation and the salvation of humanity. As John Paul II
recommended, to properly rest, we must cast «a gaze full of
joyous delight [for the very good work]: . This is a “contemplative”
gaze which does not look to new accomplishments but enjoys the beauty
of what has already been achieved» in God's presence.
Furthermore, we must also thank Him for everything comes from the
Almighty and, without Him, nothing could be done.
One
of the current great dangers is, precisely, that «Ours is a
time of continual movement which often leads to restlessness, with
the risk of “doing for the sake of doing”. We must resist
this temptation by trying “to be” before trying “to
do”» (John Paul II). Because, actually, as Jesus tells
us, only one thing is needed (cf. Lk 10:42): «Take my
yoke upon you (…) and you will find rest for your souls»
(Mt 11:29).
