“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and have revealed them to the little ones. “.
I am often struck, when I read the pages of the Gospel, by the distortion that God makes with respect to the ” human logic “.
“ Hides “to the wise and” reveals “ to the little ones.
It seems absurd.
The wise are much more educated and, therefore, would better understand what he reveals.
What can little ones understand?
However, there is something that often escapes our human reasoning.
The ” wise “ is he who, etymologically, “ he already knows “.
It is therefore “ full “of his knowledge and has no room for anything else because, presumptuously, he thinks he already knows everything.
It is therefore refractory to novelty and, above all, to the shocking NEWNESS of the Gospel of Christ.
The little one, who is not the child but the humble, the simple, is not ” full of himself “ and, therefore, has space to listen to the “ unheard of God “.
Paradoxically, therefore, he is more ready to receive ” these things “that God reveals.
And what are they” these things “?
They can be summarized in the invitation that we read in the Gospel: ” come to me “.
This is the shocking announcement: Trust me, do not follow other paths, whether those where your intellect guides you or those where your presumption leads you, but come to me, follow me.
It is obvious that a wise man will hardly agree to put aside his own ego to follow GOD, because he will think he is self-sufficient.
The result?
It will always be ” tired and oppressed “.
Those who are humble, however, are more ready to accept the invitation and, whoever does so, will realize that God speaks the Truth: it truly gives refreshment.
But we understand well what this means.
Refreshment is not “ absence of any problem “but rather comfort, help, closeness, even “ in the problem “.
The ” refreshment of God “ is the awareness that He walks with you and is close to you even in the dark moments, which, together with Him, can be crossed.
This makes all the burdens of life feel like “ light “.
Today is therefore the day to check: I have, towards God, the attitude of ” wise “ or the “ small “?
To answer exactly I have to check “ how I feel “.
If I’m always ” tired and oppressed “I’m closer to “ wise “.
If I feel ” light “Despite the problems of everyday life,…I am on the right path: I am a “ little one loved by Christ “.
Have a good day and good reflection everyone.
