Exodus 3:13-20 / Matthew 11:28-30
When someone remembers our name, we would usually be quite impressed.
Especially so when we have only met that person just a couple of times.
We may wonder if that person has an extraordinary memory.
Turning the situation around, we may also be able to remember someone’s name even though we have only met that person a couple of times.
Certainly, that person has made some kind of impression on us and so we remember that person by name.
In the 1st reading, when Moses asked God for His name, God told him that His name is “I Am who I Am”.
It is a rather mysterious name, but God identified who He is when He said that He is the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, the God of Jacob.
He is the God who calls, who provides, who protects, who leads and who blesses.
In the gospel, Jesus calls out to us to come to Him.
The name of Jesus means “God saves” or “God is salvation”.
Jesus gives us rest, teaches us how to be gentle and humble and how to follow Him.
Let us call on the name of Jesus, for He is our Saviour, our Teacher and our Healer.