July 17 - Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.3:11-20; Ps.105:1,5,8-9,24-27; Mt.11:28-30) "My yoke is easy and my burden light." I AM has come and led His people "up out of the misery of Egypt," up out of slavery. The heavy yoke of sin He breaks from our necks, and in its place we find His gentle presence. How this world can make us weary! How the Israelites suffered under the iron hand of the Pharaoh. But the Lord says to them, "I am concerned about you and about the way you are being treated in Egypt." And He says to us the same: "Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you." To Moses as proof…
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