THE TRUTH IS ALL AROUND US.

MOST HOLY TRINITY.
(First reading: Proverbs 8:22-31) (Second reading: Romans 5:1-5)
(Gospel: John 16:12-15)
June 3, 2007.

THE TRUTH IS
ALL AROUND US.

"The Spirit of truth will guide you to all truth... He will declare
to you the things that are coming" (John 16:12-13)

The truth is all around us. "The Spirit of truth will guide you to all truth" (John 16:12). The problem is that the world does not want to know anything about it, does not want to hear it, does not want to receive it.

And, what is the truth? Is the realization of the life of the Trinity in the life of all human beings. In other words, we live the truth whenever we follow the life of unity which exists between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Therefore, if we live in unity, we live the truth.

In a world of global domination, the powerful refuse to see the truth because the truth denounces their sins and crimes.

With the truth all around him, the powerful reacts as follows:
- He feels offended by it. For example, when the global oppressor is called an oppressor, he says: "the truth is a lie".

- He destroys anyone who declares the truth.

- He makes up his own fabricated "truth" and says: "I am not an oppressor, I only pursue "peace and freedom" for all the world.

Furthermore, the truth not only denounces the crimes and sins of our present world, but also "declares to us the things that are coming" (John 16:13). It is, then, a virtue of the truth to allow us to see what the future has in store for the human race.

But the global oppressor shots down any vision of what awaits humanity, the powerful covers his eyes before the inevitability of his own demise because his own injustices and sins will bring about his own destruction.

Thus, instead of mending his unjust ways, the powerful oppressor chooses to dwell in them. The powerful never gets tired of saying: "war and death are necessary", "the immigrant workers must be separated from their children and spouses", "the unborn child must be terminated before he sees the light of day". And millions of individuals are deceived into believing and supporting the "truth" of the powerful.

Does this mean that there is no room for the truth in our world? By no means, for the Lord Jesus has given us his Spirit, the Spirit of truth, the Spirit that will never cease to reveal God's truth to humanity. The Lord Jesus continues to speak and act through his Spirit, which with the love of the Father, lives in those who receive him.

The Trinitarian God continues his work in us in order that we may come to understand the truth, in order to teach us how to deal with oppression, in order to guide us on the way to save the world from the impending calamities resulting from the sins and crimes generated by the global oppressor.

This is the feast we celebrate this Sunday: the presence of the Trinitarian God working to save a world where the powerful exploits and destroys the weak.

This Sunday we celebrate the presence of the Trinitarian God who forever lives in men revealing his truth to them and liberating them from all their chains.

This Sunday we celebrate the presence of the Trinitarian God whose truth is all around us.