Today, as our world continues to become ravaged by COVID-19, people are feeling anxious, impatient, frustrated, and critical. We are less busy with the things that normally hold our attention. We are bored with staying inside, refraining from seeing the people we love and doing the activities that animate us. We are sick and tired of being “sick and tired!”
The more cooped up we feel, the angrier we get. And our often kind and calm demeanor is turning testier and more critical.
As humans, when our surroundings and our world is rocked, when we feel we have lost control of our decisions and our lives, we react in different ways. Some become depressed and feel helpless. Others become angry and critical.
Into this kind of world came Jesus.
In our scripture for today in the gospel of Matthe…