JESUS IS THE TRUTH

"All the world of illusions, all our pretenses and rejection of people, the seeking of riches, the world of prejudice and hatred - are essentially a fear of our own weakness, and our own solitude and loneliness."
How can we find the courage to face ourselves and see our weaknesses and sinfulness? Who can free us from our fears? It is only by turning to Jesus Who is the truth that we can find the courage to look at ourselves as we really are. It is in Jesus that we realize our true dignity as children of God. We recall the Gospel scene involving the woman who caught in the act of adultery and who was brought before Jesus ( Jn. 8:1-11) Jesus response was not condemnation but compassion and forgiveness. Many other Gospel incidents prove the same: Jesus came not to judge but to liberate us.
Let us open ourselves to Jesus who is the Truth. Jesus knows our weaknesses. all our fears, all the evil that is in our hearts, and all our inconsistencies. The apostles of Jesus realized only too well how in fear and cowardice they had abandoned Him during His passion and death on the cross. Yet when they encountered our Risen Lord, once again, they experienced forgiveness and they were even empowered by His Spirit to do great things. Therefore we need not be ashamed or frightened to look inside ourselves and see that good and evil are present there; that the "weeds and the wheat grow together" in us. We need to confront ourselves and begin to accept our lack of love, our weaknesses, and our sinfulness. We need to give it all to Jesus, our Savior. "If the son makes you free, you are free indeed" ( Jn. 8:36). Forgiveness and renewal are precisely what is offered to us in the Sacrament of Confession.
We must believe in the forgiveness offered by the Father through His own Son, Jesus Christ. It is His Spirit who will heal and transform us from within. "I will ask the Father and He will give you another Paraclete - to be with you always: the Spirit of truth..." (Jn. 14:16-17).
If we truly believe in Jesus who is the Truth, we can "share in that glorious freedom of the children of God." Indeed, "the truth will set us free." (Jn. 8:32)
O JESUS MASTER
fill our hunger and thirst for the truth
and grant us your compassion.