Thursday, April 12, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 453 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) Living in respect for the truth means not only being true to oneself.
More precisely it means being truthful, being true to God, for he is the source
of all truth. We find the truth about God and about all of reality quite
directly in Jesus, who is “the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6).
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2465)
The Old Testament attests that God is the
source of all truth. His Word is truth. His Law is truth. His
"faithfulness endures to all generations" (Ps 119:90; Cf. Prov 8:7; 2
Sam 7:28; Ps 119:142; Lk 1:50). Since God is "true," the members of
his people are called to live in the truth (Rom 3:4; cf. Ps 119:30). (CCC 2466) In Jesus Christ, the
whole of God's truth has been made manifest. "Full of grace and
truth," he came as the "light of the world," he is the Truth (Jn 1:14; 8:12; cf. 14:6).
"Whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness" (Jn 12:46). The
disciple of Jesus continues in his word so as to know "the truth [that]
will make you free" and that sanctifies (Jn 8:32; cf. 17:17). To follow
Jesus is to live in "the Spirit of truth," whom the Father sends in
his name and who leads "into all the truth" (Jn 16:13). To his
disciples Jesus teaches the unconditional love of truth: "Let what you say
be simply 'Yes or No.'" (Mt 5:37).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Someone who really follows Jesus brings
greater and greater truthfulness into his life. He eliminates all lies,
falsehood, pretense, and ambiguity from his accomplishments in life and becomes
transparent toward the truth. To believe means to become a witness to the
truth.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2467)
Man tends by nature toward the truth. He is obliged to honor and bear witness
to it: "It is in accordance with their dignity that all men, because they
are persons… are both impelled by their nature and bound by a moral obligation
to seek the truth, especially religious truth. They are also bound to adhere to
the truth once they come to know it and direct their whole lives in accordance
with the demands of truth" (DH 2
§ 2).
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