Jesus calls all the little folks, weary and burdened, to give them rest. Their load comes from the wise who seek to hinder them.

Jesus is meek and lowly of heart.  Hence, he wants us to be meek and lowly of heart also, and not at all haughty.  John and the other disciples way well be as jealous for Jesus’ sake as Joshua was for Moses’.  Or they may be so haughty.  Haughty enough to think that...

Jesus makes clear what it means to have eyes and a heart for those who are poor. Those who follow him are to have eyes and a heart for them also.

Christ on the cross is the last of all and the servant of all.  He puts to shame all those with ambitions to be the first and the greatest.  Like most of us, the disciples of Jesus, for sure, have their ambitions.  After all, they, too, have the right to be better....

Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed.  And we proclaim this, of course, one with Peter and all the Church. Peter gets to proclaim that Jesus is the Christ.  And the latter tells his disciples right away to speak about it to no one.  He then teaches them that...

Jesus is the one who makes us truly free.  He cannot but groan as he sees that we do not yet enjoy the freedom he wants us to have.  Jesus heaves a groan as he heals a man who is deaf and cannot talk.  Such a groan may be a sign of his compassion.  It may also mean it...

Jesus is the one who sees God.  Hence, he cannot but be the eldest among many brothers and sisters who are clean of heart. Those God has chosen are not to add to what he commands or subtract from it.  Does not this make known that his commands must stay plain, clean,...

Jesus is the fullness of the law and the prophets. To go to him means to hear words of eternal life and to know the Holy One of God.