Let us not forget this: God reveals himself by liberating and healing the human person, and he does this with a gratuitous love, a love that saves.
The message, then, is clear: God reveals himself by liberating and healing the human person. Just before this, the Lord had recalled some of his works - “the blind receive their sight, lepers are cleansed, the poor have good news preached to them” ( Mt 11:5) - and revealed their meaning, saying that these are the signs that God is at work in the world. The things for which Jesus praises the Father.
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But what things is Jesus talking about? And then, who are these “babes” to whom such things are revealed? Let us reflect on this: on the things for which Jesus praises his Father and on the “babes” who know how to welcome them. Today the Gospel contains a very beautiful prayer of Jesus, who addresses the Father, saying, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes” ( Mt 11:25). The following is a translation of the Holy Father’s words. Earlier, the Pope had reflected on the day’s Gospel reading focused on Jesus’ praise of the Father for revealing himself not to the wise but to the little ones. After praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday, 9 July, Pope Francis expressed his hope “that the Israeli and Palestinian authorities can resume direct dialogue to bring an end to the spiral of violence” in the Holy Land and “open paths of reconciliation and peace”.
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