Holy Spirit guide me into all the truth…

John 16:12-15

 
“What is Truth?” Pilate’s question rings out through all the ages of human kind. Today, when I try to find all the truth about a given situation or event, a multiplicity of facts and figures converge to muddy my mind and seemingly complicate the various available persepctives of IT.  It is only when I let go of this world’s various perceptions of ‘truths’ that I can begin to recognize that all the truth, in God’s eyes, perhaps all the truth that really matters, is simply Love.  It is then that I can begin to clear-headedly commit to The Truth and let it alone, inform my thoughts, words, and actions.  Any of the nagging self-talk going on in my own head, or in the world around me is actually of little value, in terms of living into the “abundant life” Jesus promised us, his Followers: I’m no good; It’s crazy!; It’s all rotting; Everyone is always wasted and wasting; 60% of the population is unaware of the dangers of AI; We’ve gone too far; There is always more. They are not worth it.- these are all ruses and eventually deceits of the world, the flesh and the devil, designed to weigh me/ us down with cares and worries of this life. In the end, Truth is much larger than any incidents and information the world offers.  Truth is much more the miracles of creation and relationships that our Merciful God has gifted to us, day by day, place by place and life by life. As much as my whole purpose in life becomes defined by Love, then that much I seek not the scientific or circumstantial ‘truths’, but the Truth of God – all the Truth of the love-ly design and destination of the natural world and human kind. How can I find the way of God’s unconditional love, that is Mercy, in all the ways, and by ways, and high ways of my life’s journey?  By opening the eyes and ears of my heart to the power and love of the Holy Spirit at work in me and all around me, despite the rot and decay, the deceits and darkness, and all of the complexities I see and hear in the world around me.  Am I open primarily to the complexities of the world, or to the work of the Holy Spirit calling me into the divine depths of love? Will I relax my white-knuckle grasp on temporal things that I might find my way into all the truth, that is, all the love, that Christ Jesus knew and used in his life here on earth ? Holy Spirit, guide me into all the truth!
 
O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.(Psalm 98:1:)  
 
Let us speak the truth in our hearts and not practice treachery with our tongues, so that by pouring forth charity more and more in our hearts, the Spirit of truth may teach us recognition of all truth.
St. Bede the Venerable
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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