Brothers and Sisters,
What is truth to you? Is it only whatever we can see and hear and taste and touch? Is truth whatever the world and the media tells us it is? Or do we think truth is only what we can prove scientifically? I think it is not so easy for us today to see the reality of the truth of God’s presence in our lives. I think it is getting harder for the vision of God to break into our lives. It’s so hard for us to hear his voice in the midst of all of the noise of our world. We live today like we are so self-sufficient, like we can do everything for ourselves. We don’t need God to solve our problems or answer our questions. We live today as if this world is all there is. And as we know, this is not true! We have been created to seek truth, but we cannot know all truth in ourselves. We need God to lead us to the truth, otherwise we can easily be led astray by falsehood.
In this week’s Gospel (Jn 18:33b–37), Jesus tells us “for this I was born and came into the world, to testify to the truth.” And the truth is that Our Lord Jesus Christ is King of the Universe, and that in his kingship alone do we find true freedom. When we declare Christ as our King, we declare to the world and remind ourselves that Jesus is the Lord. He reigns over our heart if we let him, and his truth will lead us to salvation. If we believe in the truth that Jesus speaks to us, this truth will set us free. And we will see the world in a new way. We will see God’s kingdom coming in every act of love we make and in every work of mercy we perform.
God Bless,
Deacon Howard
