Today’s Gospel
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They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!” So they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.” Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
Illustration: + Mr. Josep Lluís Martínez i Picañol (Picanyol)
Today we hear one of the phrases from Jesus that St. John Paul II liked best: «the truth will set you free». There is much talk about freedom. Everyone wants it! But, do we know what it really means to "be free"? For many it is the equivalent of "doing as one likes", without limits. But... Jesus is not selling us such a whimsical freedom; Jesus Christ relates freedom with truth. Jesus-God was infinitely free, and there we see Him: nailed, immobilized on the Cross, serene, apologizing for our offenses.
—Can you guess what freedom is useful for? To love, not to "play". Whoever spends his life by playing, ends up by being enslaved by the play.
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