PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Dec 10, 2025 · 5m

Gospel

Matthew 11:28-30

Jesus said to the crowds:

"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.”

Reflection

Most of us think about work as something that’s a burden. Something we have to do. But Jesus is inviting his disciples to reimagine it. That the work that Jesus has been given is not a work that he does, but a work that God does through him. So what he's longing for his disciples to understand is the…