In today’s Gospel, Matthew 11: 25-27, Jesus gives praise to
His Father for revealing the mysteries of the Kingdom--things hidden from the
wise-- to those who are childlike. Things
divine are being revealed to those who are teachable, open to learning, eager
to listen, whose hearts are filled with wonder and awe as they discover new
things about creation, about others, about the universe and all that is in
it. Am I teachable? Or am I a
know-it-all? Am I open to learning or am
I the person who does not believe she has more to learn from anyone or
anything? Am I eager to listen or is my
hearing blocked because of my prejudices, my arrogant attitudes, my fears, my
busyness about “more important” things upon which my eyes are riveted? Do I let
go of my agenda long enough to be open to the new, the unexplored, the risky, the
uninviting aspects of a given day? Am I
willing, for instance, to hang out with children and teens to learn from them,
to listen to them, to get to know them? Am I willing to spend time with the
lonely, the elderly, the forgotten, those imprisoned in mental illness, in an
addiction, in a chronic, debilitating, terminal disease, to those who feel
hopeless and unloved to discover the
mysteries of Kingdom within these populations?
“You have hidden these things from the wise…and revealed
them to the childlike” (Matthew 11:25).
Am I one of those childlike persons? If not, what do I need to change
within myself to become childlike?
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