July 15 Gospel Matthew 11:25-27 You have hidden these things from the wise and revealed them to little children Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’ Reflection Jesus invites us to humbly approach the mysteries of God, recognizing that true wisdom often rests not in what we can prove or perform, but in openness, trust, and childlike dependence. The Father’s gracious revelation comes to those who become receptive, letting go of pride and simply receiving the gift of knowing the Son. In this space of vulnerably listening, we are drawn into relationship—into the intimate knowledge that morning by morning, we are named...
July 14 Gospel Matthew 11:20-24 It will not go as hard with Sodom on Judgement Day as with you Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent. ‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. And still, I tell you that it will not go as hard on Judgement day with Tyre and Sidon as with you. And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be exalted as high as heaven? You shall be thrown down to hell. For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing yet. And still, I tell you that it will not go as hard with the land of Sodom on Judgement day as with you.’ Reflection Jesus challenges the towns whose familiarity with his miracles bred complacency rather than repentance. Knowledge of grace is not enough if it does not transform our hearts. Chorazin,...