Daily Reflections by Cathy
July 17, 2025 Reflection – Come to me, all you who labor…
Come to me, all you who labor…
July 17, 2025
Dear Family of Mary!
Today’s Gospel:
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart: and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Jesus’ words to us are so very comforting and consoling. Who among us has not felt the weight of our burden, and the exhaustion of our labor. And isn’t it true that we can sometimes be our own terrible taskmaster, angrily forcing ourselves to overwork and lose hope? Our enemy also unleashes his own cohort of taskmasters, who drive us on with the lies they plant in our minds: You are lazy…You are stupid…You will never succeed…
But Jesus calls us to drop all those yokes and to take His yoke upon ourselves instead. He wants us to train our hearts to hear His voice, and help us to renounce the enemy’s evil lies. We can let Jesus speak to our hearts, encouraging us to go forward, to not fear, to trust in the Father, to grow in hope, to be small and little under His loving care. In this way we will find rest for ourselves! Jesus’ yoke is easy and His burden light!
Our Lady also encouraged us to let Jesus lead us:
March 18, 2021
“Dear children,
in a motherly way I am calling you
to return to the joy and the truth of the Gospel,
to return to the love of my Son –
because He is waiting for you with open arms;
that everything you do in life you do with my Son, with love;
that it may be blessed for you;
so that your spirituality may be internal, and not just external.
Only in that way will you be humble, generous, filled with love and joyful;
and my motherly heart will rejoice with you.
Thank you.”
The key is that… “everything you do in life, you do with my Son, with love!!” If we do everything in, with, and for Jesus, we will find rest for our souls. We will find peace for our hearts. And we will find joy forever!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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