Mt 11,28-30 – Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
“Come to me, all you who are tired and oppressed”, how much consolation in these words! Perhaps because they are not these others: “Come to me, you who are good”, or “coherent”, or “up to par”. He says: tired. It’s as if Jesus knew that our greatest struggle it’s not workit’s not commitments, but that invisible weight that we carry inside us: the fear of not being enough, the disappointment of what we failed to becomethe daily struggle with ourselves
Jesus doesn’t ask us to present ourselves in great shape. He doesn’t ask us to show ourselves strong. He invites us as we are, with hunched shoulders and a tired heart. And his promise reassures: “I will give you refreshment”. It doesn’t say that it will immediately change the circumstances, but that it will make us breathe within them. The refreshment it offers is not escape, but presence. It is the certainty that we no longer carry alone what previously weighed entirely on our shoulders. Then he adds: “Take my yoke.” A yoke is made for two. It means that Jesus walks beside us, step by step. It doesn’t take away the weight of life, but divides it. And when He divides, the weight changes nature: it is no longer crushing, it becomes transforming.
Sometimes the reason we fall is not the difficulty, but the proud idea of having to do it alone. The yoke of Christ instead he is gentle, he is humble, he is our size. It’s the opposite of the expectations the world places on us. The secret is to learn from Him. Learning that meekness is not weakness, but strength that does not need to crush anyone. Learning that humility is not belittling ourselves, but recognizing that we are loved just as we are. Then the heart finds peace. Not because life becomes easier, but because we are no longer alone in facing it.
Wednesday 10 December 2025 – (Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent)
