I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
“For the Souls in Purgatory – Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord”
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’
Grace Prayed For
Lord, be our way when we are lost, our truth when we are confused, our life when we are weary. Let us not seek the road apart from you.
Reflection
Thomas has just asked for a map. ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?’ It is an honest question from someone who wants to follow but cannot see far enough ahead.
Jesus’s answer does not provide a map. He provides himself.
I am the way. This is not a method or a set of practices. It is a Person who walks ahead of us, who has already gone where we need to go, who invites us to follow not a path but a presence.
I am the truth. In a world saturated with competing claims, with spin and manipulation and the slow erosion of trustworthy speech, Jesus stands as the one in whom there is no gap between what is said and what is real. To know him is to orient ourselves by something that cannot be falsified.
I am the life. Not a teaching about how to obtain life, but life itself — the source from which all genuine living flows, the one in whom resurrection has already proven that death is not the final word.
‘No one comes to the Father except through me.’ This verse has been used as a weapon, and it is worth being honest about that. It has also been misread as a boundary keeping people out, when its primary thrust is an invitation drawing people in. The point is not the exclusion of others but the specificity of access: this one, this Jesus, this crucified and risen Lord, is the door into the Father’s presence.
For your group: which of these three — way, truth, life — do you most need Jesus to be for you right now? Sit with that word today. Bring your specific hunger to the specific claim.
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Sharing
Jesus last words on Earth were to his disciples, can be found in Matthew Chap 28 when Jesus told his disciples, “Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Jesus calls all of us to share in his redemptive mission here on Earth. I would ask you to share this Scripture reflection with your family, your friends and your acquaintances, and then share it with a couple of individuals that you may may not be comfortable sharing with, keeping in mind always the words of Jesus, And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age
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