Friday of the
Fourth Week of Easter
(Acts 13:26-33; John 14:1-6)
In today’s gospel Jesus declares himself as “…the truth.” He means that he is the highest truth because
he reveals God the Father. In reaching
for this truth, the scholar does not abandon the truth found in nature. The physical sciences discover much that
leads to God. Nor should people think
that the truth that is Jesus is different from the truth they are supposed to
tell in daily life. When we conform our words
to reality, they will eventually tell of Jesus.
Nevertheless, God still belongs to another order than humans. Jesus, who is one with the Father, has made Him
known as much as humans are capable of understanding.
The pregnant gospel passage hints in different ways to
the Father. He is beneficent, that is,
ready to shelter those who come to Him in need.
To reach Him one must follow Jesus, the way. Jesus has just washed the feet of his
disciples and told them to do the same to one another. To follow Jesus, then, is to care for one
another by providing service. Finally,
God bestows life. More than being the
source of life, God gives life in its fullness sense. He enables humans to thrive, to be all that
they can be. In the end this means that all
humans become Jesus-like.
Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life.” We might say that he is the true roadmap to happiness. When we follow him we will neither lose our
way nor become tired and disillusioned.
We will find ourselves ever satisfied, ever grateful.
