14th Sunday OT/A/2008 at The Church of Christ The King, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8
Readings: Zec 9: 9-10-Rom 8:9. 11-13; Mt 11:25-30
· My sisters and brothers, three weeks ago, we heard Jesus talking about the harvest. And to help us appreciate what a harvest is, I related that there were farms here in Ang Mo Kio about thirty years ago.
1. Today in the Gospel, we hear Jesus talking about the yoke. What is a yoke? Again, it is an agricultural term. A yoke is a wooden frame that farmers put over their buffalo to allow it to pull the plough or a cart. The yoke is still being used today in parts of Thailand and Vietnam.
2. So as you can see, the yoke is indeed a burden to the buffalo. It means hard work. It means heavy load. It means suffering – and not joy.
3. When Jesus tells the people of his time that His yoke is easy and His burden light, they could appreciate the full meaning of that statement. It was very clear and powerful to them.
4. Today, the meaning can be described like this: Come to Me and leave on my feet, all your office politics… your work deadlines… your financial problems… the stress of bringing up children… your pain and sickness… and all your brokenness and disappointments in life. Come and leave them all with Me – and I will give you peace.
5. It sounds simplistic, doesn’t it? Well, yes, and no. Read the rest of this entry »


Di banyak acara Kebangunan Rohani, rekoleksi atau retret, ayat ini paling sering dijadikan tema. Undangan Yesus membuat banyak orang terpesona untuk menghadirinya, terutama mereka yang sedang diliputi berbagai masalah. Semakin banyak kita temui orang stress akibat kesulitan keuangan, kesehatan, pekerjaan, jodoh dan keluarga. Tetapi sayangnya di jaman yang serba instant ini, orang sering mencari solusi yang juga instan. Maunya sekali datang rekoleksi cespleng, manjur dengan satu sentuhan, sekali datang ke acara retret, didoakan dan …selesai lah sudah. Saat kembali ke kehidupan semula, lho kok masalahnya gak berubah; ya iyalah … lha wong hati dan sikapnya juga belum berubah. Tentu cara pandang menghadapi masalah juga belum berubah.










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