In our Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus calls us to be meek and humble. These are two virtues sorely missing from our society today. And, as Tony Crescio explains, when they are, the result is a narrow imagination. This narrow imagination prevents us from seeing the beauty of human life and leads us to moves us to claim the role of God for ourselves. In contrast, when we possess the virtues of humility and meekness we are able to see the beauty of our world as created by our loving God, and live once again live in the real world.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Zechariah 9:9-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14
Reading 2: Romans 8:9, 11-13
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-23
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.