HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR PILL TODAY?
Tuesday in the 6th Week of Easter
Jn 16:5-11
A cliché goes, “The truth hearts.” By experience, we know that this cliché is true. However, we also know by experience that only the truth sets a man free. Thus, truth is like a pill that, while it is bitter, it heals. Lie is a disease. Only truth can restore to health anyone who is inflicted with it.
The truth that Jesus had to leave His disciples was a big blow to the men who left everything to follow Him. They were sad. “Still,” though, Jesus said, “I must tell you the truth. Jesus did not hide the truth from them: He had to go. Jesus did not give them a code to declassify; He spoke in the clearest terms about Himself. Telling them the truth helped them face the issue squarely. Facing issues in life is surely the first step to conquering them and growing unto maturity through them.
When the disciples confronted the issue about Jesus’ farewell, they realized that the absence of the physical Jesus to them actually meant the presence of the same Jesus in each of them. From then on, they themselves became an alter Christus, “another Christ”. From then on, they would see Jesus not with their physical eyes anymore but with their eyes of faith. The presence of Jesus in His seeming absence not only made the presence of Jesus more exciting but, more importantly, tremendously meritorious as they should, from then on, strive to be Jesus to one another and recognize Jesus in one another as well.
The absence of Jesus paved the way for His presence. The sadness of going gave way to the joy of coming. Jesus was leaving His disciples but He was not living them behind. In Jn 17:24, did not Jesus prayed to the Father that all those whom the Father gave Him be with Him always? He did. And departing from their sight was part of the answer to this fervent prayer of His. For by vanishing from their midst, Jesus became present in their very midst. His own Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the living Principle of His life and power, the very Breath of God, came not only upon but also into the hearts of His disciples even as Jesus went away. Letting go of Jesus was like the bitter pill the disciples had to take. It was, however, a bitter pill that gave them sweet presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts.
In life, truth hurts. It is like a bitter pill. Anyone who refuses to take it can never be healed. But one who takes it is healed and become a healer himself.
Have you taken your pill today?
Jn 16:5-11
A cliché goes, “The truth hearts.” By experience, we know that this cliché is true. However, we also know by experience that only the truth sets a man free. Thus, truth is like a pill that, while it is bitter, it heals. Lie is a disease. Only truth can restore to health anyone who is inflicted with it.
The truth that Jesus had to leave His disciples was a big blow to the men who left everything to follow Him. They were sad. “Still,” though, Jesus said, “I must tell you the truth. Jesus did not hide the truth from them: He had to go. Jesus did not give them a code to declassify; He spoke in the clearest terms about Himself. Telling them the truth helped them face the issue squarely. Facing issues in life is surely the first step to conquering them and growing unto maturity through them.
When the disciples confronted the issue about Jesus’ farewell, they realized that the absence of the physical Jesus to them actually meant the presence of the same Jesus in each of them. From then on, they themselves became an alter Christus, “another Christ”. From then on, they would see Jesus not with their physical eyes anymore but with their eyes of faith. The presence of Jesus in His seeming absence not only made the presence of Jesus more exciting but, more importantly, tremendously meritorious as they should, from then on, strive to be Jesus to one another and recognize Jesus in one another as well.
The absence of Jesus paved the way for His presence. The sadness of going gave way to the joy of coming. Jesus was leaving His disciples but He was not living them behind. In Jn 17:24, did not Jesus prayed to the Father that all those whom the Father gave Him be with Him always? He did. And departing from their sight was part of the answer to this fervent prayer of His. For by vanishing from their midst, Jesus became present in their very midst. His own Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the living Principle of His life and power, the very Breath of God, came not only upon but also into the hearts of His disciples even as Jesus went away. Letting go of Jesus was like the bitter pill the disciples had to take. It was, however, a bitter pill that gave them sweet presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts.
In life, truth hurts. It is like a bitter pill. Anyone who refuses to take it can never be healed. But one who takes it is healed and become a healer himself.
Have you taken your pill today?
posted by Fr. Bobby @ 3:00 PM
1 Comments
1 Comments:
Lord Jesus, the truth pill is bitter but if its the only thing that will set us free, then we will swallow it as we accept the Truth. Help us,God in finding the Truth and be able to follow you as your children.
God bless po.
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