Pope St. Leo the Great offered insight into what the truth of our faith professes: “Throughout the whole period between the Resurrection and Ascension, God’s providence was at work to instill this one lesson into the hearts of the disciples, to set this one truth before their eyes, that our Lord Jesus Christ, who was truly born, truly suffered, and truly died, should be recognized as truly risen from the dead. The blessed Apostles together with all the others had been intimidated by the catastrophe of the Cross, and their faith in the resurrection had been uncertain; but now they were so strengthened by the evident truth that when their Lord ascended into heaven, far from feeling any sadness, they were filled with great joy.”
The Gospel today speaks of truth and those who live that truth guided by the Holy Spirit. Choose today to be among those who live in the truth. The prayer at Holy Mass this past week said it beautifully: “O God, who by the wonderful exchange effected in this sacrifice have made us partakers of the one supreme Godhead, grant, we pray, that as we come to know Your truth we may make it ours by a worthy way of life.”
Sincerely Yours in Christ,
Fr. Wayne