+ Our readings today are quite spectacular both in their drama and in
their content: Paul is addressing the newly ordained priests of Ephesus for the
last time, and Jesus asks his Father to consecrate his apostles and all priests
in the truth. This is astounding actually: it is now possible to be absolutely
sure concerning the essence and true nature of those things that have to do
with the salvation of the human race: which is virtually everything; just as
Jesus was meant to be the clearing house for all truth because he is the
truth-made-flesh – so too his Mystical Body, beginning with those members who
reside with Christ as Head: they would be the vendors and protectors of Truth
in the world.
It would therefore behoove the
world to take notice of what the true teaching authority of the Church is
proposing, especially in the generic, bland, sterile, secular society that is
being created before our very eyes. Now while such truth can always be unraveled
more and more, the truth about anything cannot change: especially who Jesus is
and what he teaches.
St. Paul warns the Ephesian
priests to beware of those who will come to destroy the truth (even members
from their own communities), very much like the efforts to destroy Jesus
himself – but especially now that Jesus reigns as victor over any confronting
power, so too the Ephesians will reign victorious if they focus on the Gospel
as given – and the entire remaining Scriptures as setting and application of
this Divine communication for our welfare.
As
we celebrate World Communications Week in the Church we
pray for a better and deeper understanding of the fact that the word of the
Lord is truth, and that if we have been ordained, and baptized we have been
consecrated with differing degrees of this truth – but not for our own private
benefit, but for the gathering and salvation of all the world.
God
speaks only truth, so that our feet may be guided safely to him!
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