Light has come into the world Today with the myriad of opinions in modern living, it may seem that truth does not exist —truth about God, truth about gender issue, truth about marriage, moral truths, and, ultimately, truth about myself. Todays gospel passage identifies Christ to be «the way, and the truth, and the life» (Jn 14:6). Separate from Christ, there is only desolation, falsehood and death. There is one and only one road to heaven and it is called Jesus Christ. Christ is not just another opinion. Christ is Truth itself. To deny truth is like someone who insists in closing his eyes from the sun-light. Whether he likes it or not, the sun will always be there; but the poor fellow has freely chosen to close his eyes from the sun of truth. Likewise, many spend themselves in their career with sheer will-power, they claim to fulfill their full potential, forgetting that they could only attain the truth about themselves by walking with Christ. On the other hand, according to Benedict XVI, «each person finds his good by adherence to Gods plan for him, in order to realize it fully: in this plan, he finds his truth, and through adherence to this truth he becomes free (cf. Jn 8:32)» (Encyclical Letter Caritas in Veritate). The truth of each one is a calling to be a son or daughter of God in the heavenly home: «For this is the will of God, your sanctification” (1Thess 4:3). God wants free daughters and sons, not slaves. Truly, the perfect “I” is a joint project between God and I. When we strive for holiness, we begin to reflect the truth of God in our lives. The Pope said it beautifully: «Each saint is like a ray of light that shines forth from the Word of God» (Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini). Comment: Fr. Manel VALLS i Serra (Barce
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:41:56 +0000
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