Jesus spoke thus, «Come to me, all you who work hard and who carry heavy burdens and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest. For my yoke is good and my burden is light».
Source: http://evangeli.net/gospel/
Analysis
This may be our shortest passage yet, yet it contains a very important message. This passage alludes much to the sacrifice of Christ and also the philosophy of the Eucharist. Jesus tells us to come to Him with our heavy burdens and we shall be refreshed. He tells us to take His yoke, and learn from Him as He is gentle and humble, and we shall find rest. His yoke is good and His burden is light. Why is it that when we come to Jesus we will be refreshed, that our burdens will be lightened? Simple, it's not that our burdens are erased, but simply that Jesus took our burden for us. His yoke or His burden, is not even a burden actually, it simply means His glory, peace, and eternal life. Thus, we give our terrible burdens to Jesus in exchange for His glory, peace, and eternal life.
This part simply shows that while Jesus can sometimes be arrogant or have a hot temper, at heart, He is still someone who deeply loves humanity, to the point of letting Himself die just so that all others can have a second chance. He is most of the time gentle and humble, and when He said to learn from Him, it most likely means to learn the truth and thus of salvation. While I don't usually speak of moral messages and warnings, I believe I should from now. Jesus spoke with full humility in this passage, and gave up His good yoke and light burdens, so the rest of the world can have another chance in fixing themselves. Yet, we betrayed His love for us, and now we have strayed away, including the Church. At this rate, if nothing changes, then perhaps we have condemned Jesus to eternal death. I hope it does not come to that. I believe that is all I have to say, have a nice day and see you tomorrow.
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