In living each day's life, we must firmly make
choices. Firmness is necessary for the sake of truth. Jesus is the truth
itself. The opposition is an inner war to choose between truth and evil. This would
certainly apply to anyone who lives in a family, as well as a community.
Ultimate truth must be sought and obtained only in Jesus' name because the
truth in Jesus is divine truth. Then why did Jesus come with the opposition?
In today’s Gospel, Jesus said, “Do you think that I
have come to establish peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division” (Lk. 12:51). Jesus made it clear that this seeming contradiction in His
statement did not mean that He was divisive or a provocateur. Jesus' coming is
the bringing of truth and life. The reason is clear that the world is steeped
in falsehood, hypocrisy, hatred, and death. Jesus came to fight against all of
it.
Let us never fear, then, that because of truth and
faith in Jesus, when we contradict those we love the most because Jesus also
experienced such. Surely we are challenged by the devil who has invaded the
hearts and the minds and the masks of people. May our faith not crumble because
of the world's hatred for the value of truth. Let us open our hearts, that we
are always be purified by the fire of the Holy Ghost when remaining in
whatever presence is contrary to our faith.
By Sr. Maria Venidora, SND.
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