Jesus tells us a secret in the Gospel reading for today. It is not just any secret. It is a divine secret.
It is a divine secret because Jesus is true God and true man. He whispers to us His secrets. And His secrets are not like the secrets of our world – about power and connections, or gossip and hearsay, or what is going on with this person or that person.
Divine secrets are far more enthralling than the talk show rumors or blather of cable “news.”
Divine secrets are eternal secrets into which God the Son admits those who hear His call.
And the secret that Jesus shares with us today is a secret about His own heart: “… for I am meek and humble of heart …” (Mt. 11:29). The true and only God is not like the gods of the world or of mythology: He is not an all-conquering power magnate who demands attention and overtakes empires by force of arms and politics.
The true God shows His power in powerlessness. This is His divine secret: His heart is meek and humble. And His secret continues: He wants to transform our hearts to be like His own. He does this in the Sacraments.
We hear the secret of Jesus as we receive the Sacraments. And as we hear His secret, it becomes ours too.
God bless,
Msgr. Bransfield
