THE faithful follower of Jesus cannot but walk in the way
of the Master and live out His words of life. Anyone searching for the truth in life must end up with the Truth
in Person: “I am the way, the truth and the life: no one comes to the Father
but through me” (Jn. 14:6). Jesus is the Truth and following Him means evading
the darkness of falsehood and coming out to the light of the Son of
God.
St.
Paul narrated to the Galatians his “former way of life in Judaism…in
persecuting the church of God and tried to destroy it…Bbut the time came when
he who had set me apart before I was born and called me by his favor chose to
reveal his Son to me, that I might spread among the Gentiles the good things
concerning him…and the communities of Christ in Judea gave glory to God on my
accord” (Gal. 1:13, 15-16, 24).
Before
his conversion, Paul was working with “excess of zeal” to do what he wrongly
thought was the Lord’s will. Looking back at the grace he had received,
he rejoiced that the Lord had shown him such great favor and dedicated the rest
of his life to preaching the faith that he tried so hard to destroy.
European
history tells how a daring playwright Vaclav Havel and his fellow writers
decided boldly to tell the truth despite the threats of arrest and political
persecution. Even behind bars, they stood by the truth in exposing the
lies of the Czech society, until gradually more and more ’awakened’ people
were enlightened to join them till the lure of lies lost its savor among
the generations. This and other events in current and apostolic times
simply challenge us to uncover the real undisguised Truth through humble
prayer, attentive discernment and vigilant collaboration.
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