Find the Truth
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.”Ps. 40
This is what should distinguish the disciples of Christ: TO BE IN LOVE WITH THE TRUTH and its passionate, permanent seekers — because falsehood is always lurking, wanting to enter and divert our lives, to pull us off the path of life, like the devil himself who prowls about seeking someone to devour.
God asks us in his Word not to give the devil, the father of lies, any foothold to slip into us permanently. WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT; we are called to live in the truth in the midst of a world where many have preferred darkness to light, falsehood to truth, rejecting Christ and faith in God, rejecting his Word which is the truth that frees and sanctifies us.
“Sanctify them in your truth; your word is truth.”Jn 17:17
Many do not know God nor find him because they do not want to find him; therefore they do not seek him—they prefer to remain idol-worshiping, with no other god than themselves. Many insist only on reaffirming their own prejudices and ideas; they do not want anyone, not even God, to take them out of their own notions, because they are not seeking the truth since they do not want to change their lives.
JESUS ASSURES US THAT WE ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, even though we are in it; for in calling us he has given us a new divine nature.
“To those who received him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in Him.”Jn 1:12ff
Therefore, we are no longer like the others—WE ARE NOW NEW CREATIONS, citizens of heaven, temporarily ambassadors on earth, and called to be light and salt, carrying the good news, the light of truth and divine wisdom to this world that prefers the transient to the eternal, the earthly to the heavenly, the carnal to the spiritual, and the deceptions of the devil to the truth of God.
Many do not see beyond this world; they live locked into their space and time as if nothing else existed; therefore they ignore all of God’s teachings and the longings of the soul. Jesus wants to open our eyes and set them on eternity, urging us to care for the soul even more than the body. What profit is it to a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul? If he does not attain eternal life?
“Think well of the Lord and with simplicity of heart seek him. He lets himself be found by those who do not doubt him and he reveals himself to those who trust in him. Wisdom does not enter an evil soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sin. The Holy Spirit, who educates us and flees hypocrisy, withdraws from foolishness.”Wisdom 1:1ff
Those who search for the truth wanted to listen to Jhon the Baptist and to Jesus. He is the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. We also are called to be light of the world, witnessing the truth of Christ.
Readings of the Week
Sunday: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6/Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10/1 Corinthians 1:1-3/John 1:29-34
Monday: 1 Samuel 15:16-23/Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23/Mark 2:18-22
Tuesday: 1 Samuel 16:1-13/Psalm 89:20, 21-22, 27-28/Mark 2:23-28
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51/Psalm 144:1b, 2, 9-10/Mark 3:1-6
Thursday: 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7/Psalm 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13/Mark 3:7-12
Friday: 1 Samuel 24:3-21/Psalm 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11/Mark 3:13-19
Saturday: 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27/Psalm 80:2-3, 5-7/Mark 3:20-21
Next Sunday: Isaiah 8:23—9:3/Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14/1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17/Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
Celebrations of the Week
Sunday: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Tuesday: Saint Fabian, Pope and Martyr/Saint Sebastian, Martyr
Wednesday: Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
Thursday: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Friday: Saint Marianne Cope, Virgin/Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr
Saturday: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Next Sunday: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
