Meditation
for Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
(Is 40:25-31;
Mt 11:28-30)
In our meditation today, we feel encouraged and strengthen
hearing Jesus say, “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.” Think about the meaning of these words in relation to Advent
season. The first reading prepares our minds to understand the words of Jesus.
Isaiah announces that the Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all
things. “He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He
gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.”
Thus, Jesus invites us to come to Him with our burdens and
find rest. In Him is strength greater than our burden, and rest sweeter than
our weariness. In this encounter, our burden becomes His yoke, and His yoke is
not too heavy to bear. This implies that the burdens we bear, the challenges of
life we face, have now become means of coming to Jesus, the gentle and lowly in
Heart. Our Advent step is quickened as we run to welcome Jesus, in whom our
strength is renewed, our burden is made possible to bear, and in weariness we
find rest.
Pause and meditate on how the crown of thorns we wear each
day has now taken the form of our Advent wreath! See through the discomforts of
each day important steps in your response to the invitation of Jesus: “Come to
me…” For the prophet assures us that they who wait for the Lord shall renew
their strength, they shall run not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Amen
Fr Jude Chinwenwa Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church,
Tedi-Muwo, Lagos.
Wednesday December 7, 2022.
