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“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”

Daily Reflections

Monday, 17^th July 2017.

Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Ex 1:8-144, 22;

Ps 124:1-8;

Mt 10:34 – 11:1.

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

Jesus said to his Apostles: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.” This is one of those passages that can leave us a bit baffled and confused. Does Jesus really want to bring the “sword” and division rather than peace?

The Truth of the Gospel has the power to deeply unite us to God when we fully accept it as the Word of Truth. But another effect is that it divides us from those who refuse to be united to God in the Truth. Our culture today wants to preach what we call “relativism.” This is an idea that what is good and true for me may not be good and true for you but that, in spite of all having different “truths,” we can still all be one happy family. But that’s not the Truth! The Truth is that God has established what is right and what is wrong. He has set His moral law over all of humanity and this cannot be undone. He has also set forth the truths of our faith and those cannot be undone. And that law is as true for me as it is for you or anyone else. By holding onto Truth, we run the risk of division, even with those in our families. Jesus offers this passage especially to strengthen us when this happens. Jesus was rejected and we should not be surprised if that happens to us, too.

Reflect, today, upon how fully you are ready and willing to accept the full Truth of the Gospel no matter the consequences. The full Truth will set you free and will also, at times, reveal the division present between you and those who have rejected God.

Prayer: Lord, give me the wisdom and courage I need to accept all You have revealed. Help me to love You above all things and to accept whatever the consequences are of me following You. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.