NOT FOR THE WISE AND THE LEARNED, BUT FOR MERE CHILDREN
Catholic Homily/Sunday Reflection 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A July 6, 2008 Readings: Zec 9:9-10 / Rom 8:9,11-13 / Mt 11:25-30 There is something absolutely disarming about children. We all love to have them around and we find endless joy in their presence. Being simple, unsophisticated, open, easy to please, children are always the center of attention at any gathering. How they amuse and entertain us! We may have so many reasons for loving children, but I am sure there is one reason that is shared by all of us. It is because they are truthfully candid. They mean what they say. They say exactly what they mean. They have no reason to resort to double-talk, to subterfuge, to deception. How very true are the words of the psalmist: “Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have drawn a defense against your foes, to silence enemy and avenger.(Psalm 8:3) There is power in simplicity. There is an undefinable force attached to being what the world may consider weak, powerless and...