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March 12, 2010
A yoke is placed on oxen when they are lead out to work. Why then, would Christ tell us, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me and you will find rest for your souls?” The yoke Christ refers to is His one command that we love one another as selflessly as He has loved us. St. Paul explains why love like that of Christ for us is a yoke when He says that we must “bear one another’s burdens to fulfill the law of Christ.” Are we to conclude, then, that we find rest from our burdens by taking on the burdens of others? What kind of rest is that? It is rest “for our souls” not our bodies. St. Augustine explains why: “Where there is love there is no labor, and if there is labor, it is a labor of love.”