Ordinary Time - Week 15Readings: I - Ex. 3: 1-6, 9-12 II - Mt. 11: 25-27 BEHOLD THE TRUTH WITH THE OPENNESS OF HEART The learned, the intellectuals and the elite of Jesus’ time were the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Chief Priest and the Scribes. They were familiar with the law and the prophecy and were fanatic in the practice of the religion. They were considered to be the custodians of their religion and were men of high repute and standing. Still in their stubbornness of heart, self-righteousness, pride and prejudice they refused to accept Jesus as Messiah, the Promised one prophesied by the prophets. Women and infants were considered as ‘no persons’ at all. Infant in the Gospel reading today, means ‘no person’. These ‘no persons’ - the sinners, tax collectors, women, children, the poor, the disabled, the prostitutes and the Samaritans were drawn to Jesus and accepted Him to be their Messiah in their openness, simplicity and humility of heart.
Jesus glorifies and thanks the Father for His goodness, mercy and magnanimity in choosing these ‘no persons’ to reveal Jesus His Son as their Messiah which is the gracious will of the Father. The Gospel passage today does not condemn the learned, the intelligent or the persons of repute instead Jesus highlights on the disposition and openness of the heart in beholding the truth as it comes. In the ordinary walk of life, people wish for the truth that is appealing, pleasing, and convenient but never contradicting, combating or conflicting their perspectives and ideologies. People never desire for the truth that hurts and disturbs. Only those people who are open to the truth with the simplicity and humility of heart can be drawn by the gracious will of God to be His instruments, all for His greater glory. Let us yield ourselves unto to the truth as we encounter, for God is Truth.
