Sweet
Lord, You are Meek and Merciful
Sweet Lord, you are meek and
merciful.” Who would not give himself wholeheartedly to your service, if he
began to taste even a little of your fatherly rule? What command, Lord, do you
give your servants? “Take my yoke upon you,” you say. And what is this yoke of
yours like? “My yoke,” you say, “is easy and my burden light.” Who would not be
glad to bear a yoke that does no press hard but caresses? Who would not be glad
for a burden that does not weigh heavy but refreshes? And so you were right to
add: “And you will find rest for your souls.” And what is this yoke of yours
that does not weary, but gives rest? It is, of course, that first and greatest
commandment: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.” What is
easier, sweeter, more pleasant, than to love goodness, beauty, and love, the
fullness of which you are, O Lord, my God?” Is it not true that you promise
those who keep your commandments a reward more desirable than great wealth and
sweeter than honey? You promise a most abundant reward, for as your apostle
James says: “The Lord has prepared a crown of life for those who love him.”
What is this crown of life? It is surely a greater good than we can conceive of
or desire, as Saint Paul says, quoting Isaiah: “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
nor has it so much as dawned on man what God has prepared for those who love
him.
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