Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time - Gratitude For Divine Wisdom
About this episode
The episode reflects on the significance of Jesus' praise of the Father and the nature of divine gratitude.
Read Online Gratitude For Divine Wisdom “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” Matthew 11:25–27 Jesus’ praise of the Father, as recorded in today’s Gospel, is highly significant. Being both human and divine, His praise originated in His divinity and was expressed through His human nature as a perfect act of divine gratitude. This is significant not only for Jesus, but also for us. As human beings, we are incapable of performing divine acts or attaining the perfection of divine gratitude unless God Himself acts in and through us. Since Jesus’ divinity and humanity are perfectly united in the one Person of the Son of God, He not only offered the perfection of praise to the Father, He also elevated human nature itself, enabling us to do the same in Him. When we pray with Jesus as He says, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord…
Topics covered
- gratitude
- divine wisdom
- praise
- Christianity
- spirituality
- human nature
Keywords
- gratitude
- divine wisdom
- praise
- Jesus
- Father
- spirituality
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Matthew 11:25–27
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