Truths of faith

Truths of Faith

"So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say I am a king.^* For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” 

       Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” 

When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in him." ~ John 18: 37-38

     Pilate’s question to Jesus “ What is truth” is something that we need to be asking ourselves in this day and age. With everything we read, hear and see, we need to be asking “What is the truth?”. The world today contradicts many messages of Jesus and that of our Faith. Those messages brings those “truths” into question and we may start to doubt and pull away from what we knew as true. We need to not just have that “blind faith or blind truth” and just follow all the time, but a faith that is based on the truths that we have learned and experienced in our lives, the lives of those around us, the lives of the saints and the life of the Church. 

     The world we live in today can not only twist, distort, misrepresent, and invent truth but can cause us to pull away from the truths in our own souls. This is where Satan comes in his full glory. He is the father of lies as we have read in chapter 8 of John. We are foolish if we do not see that Satan plays a role in the world today. Some say “that the greatest lie of Satan is convincing people that he doesn’t exist”. He makes that lie a truth to so many today. When we buy into that lie, he is able to start to work on the truths we believe and start to shred them till we can’t see what the truth was to begin with. 

     What are the “TRUTHS” of your faith? What are the “TRUTHS” about God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Mary, the Saints? What are the “TRUTHS” about the most Holy Eucharist, the Sacraments, the Priesthood, the Religious Life? What are the “TRUTHS” about the Sanctity of Life from Conception to Natural Death, Holy Matrimony, Contraceptives? 

      

      Can you answer those questions? I am not saying spout out Theological answers but the “TRUTH” of what that Theology has done to your soul. Not to list Biblical Quotes but The “TRUTH” of the Bible that has planted the seeds of a true faith in your heart.  That stir of your soul when you sit before Jesus in Adoration and the “TRUTH” that you see before you.  The “TRUTH” in your tears as you cry out and pray to the Trinity. That loving “TRUTH” when you hear the heart beat of a unborn Child. The feeling of “TRUTH” when you hold your rosaries and ask for Mary to intercede for you. There are many “TRUTHS” of our Faith. The “TRUTHS” come from our hearts, minds, and souls so we may express them to those who are seeking the “Truth”.

    Paul writes “ Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope.” ~ 1Peter 3:15  Give them the truths that are within you. Share the truths of your faith and your experiences of the truth.  It is so important in the world today for us who know the truth to be able and share it with those who not only seek it but don’t believe in it. 

     Know the “TRUTHS” that lies within your soul so you may be able to share them. Learn the “TRUTHS” of the faith so you can stand up for the faith. Seek out the “TRUTHS” in the Bible and the Theology. Understand what the “TRUTHS” are so you may be able to shed light on the lies that are out there in the world. 

      I ask that we all take the time out and sit down and list what the truths are and how and why we believe them to be the truth. A time may and will come where your faith is questioned and it will be in the truths that you have in you that will keep you prepared and ready. I will pray for the Truths to shine bright so that we will never lose sight of them for us all and ask you to do the same.

Until tomorrow, God Bless, and may you Know, Learn. Understand and Seek the truths in your faith.