Although this is how the truth of
something is today in our world ascertained for the courts by attorneys seeking
the truth, it is not unlike today’s story of St. Paul seeking the truth and
presenting it to those assembled at the temple.
Paul had formerly been a Pharisee, which meant that he was an expert in
the law, and knew how to draw truth out of statements and testimonies to
present to the people for their edification.
In today’s story he calls forth the great leaders of the Jewish people
and their prophets, especially John the Baptist who was still in recent memory,
to give testimony that “God,
according to his promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.” The truth of Christ has spread to all the
known world, and Paul, the apostle whom Christ personally called after the others,
gives testimony to this Truth.
In today’s Gospel Jesus promises to
show us the truth that he is “I Am” through events that would fulfill the
scripture about him. He is leading us to
know that he is not only the Way to salvation, but the Truth. He is unified with the Father in this. He assures us that those of us who accept
him, accept our Father in Heaven for he says, “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” We are not to try to corrupt the Truth, for
the Truth cannot be corrupted. Christ Jesus
is the faithful witness to that. We are
each called to share in that communion as witnesses today throughout words and
our actions, which mark us as Christians, and our fidelity to the Truth.
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