Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
May 17, 2019
Today, in Mercy, Paul continues his preaching in Antioch. He delivers a very powerful, and condemnatory line about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders …
Though they found no grounds for a death sentence,
they asked Pilate to have Jesus put to death…
Being unable to accept the Truth that Jesus was, they conspired to destroy him.
Understanding, accepting and living within the Truth of God and of ourselves is the way to eternal life. In our Gospel, Jesus tells us that he is this Way, Truth and Life.
It sounds so straightforward and simple, doesn’t it?
But in our world, truth has lost its definition. Its edges have been stretched beyond recognition by propaganda, moral convenience, political pretense, false advertising, manipulative social media, and other forms of self-serving deceit.
The distortion of truth has become epidemic among us, infecting us all in one way or another.
Just as in the presence of any disease, we need to take precautions to keep ourselves healthy – true to God and to ourselves:
- placing ourselves honestly before God in prayer
- practicing a brief examination of conscience at the end of each day
- discerning how we use power and advantage in terms of self-interest
- living by self-respect and respect for others
- evaluating our actions and choices in the light of the command to love one another
In the Father’s House there are many dwelling places. Truth is their entry key:
I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord;
no one comes to the Father except through me.
Music: Dwelling Place – John Foley, SJ
