The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that we need to find the right balance between honesty and discretion. “Truthfulness keeps to the just mean between what ought to be expressed and what ought to be kept secret.” CCC #2488 says, “The right to the communication of the truth is not unconditional. Everyone must […]

Jesus warns his disciples to be on guard for the yeast of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. The more people around, the more the temptation there is to hypocrisy. The word “hypocrisy” from the Greek means putting on a play or a drama; putting on a mask; acting. This will be a danger to Jesus’ […]

Jesus prays that we be consecrated to the truth. To be consecrated means to be set apart, appointed for, dedicated to. Just like we have bowls and knives that are set apart for certain things, so too are the disciples of Christ. We are called to be set apart for truth. We need to have […]

Jesus warns against false prophets that are wolves in sheep’s clothing. He gives the example of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. They lied by withholding the actual amount of the sale of their property. They didn’t have to sell the property or give all the proceeds to the apostles. They could have kept the […]

Jesus said of Nathanael that he was without guile, someone “in whom there was no deceit.” Nathanael filled his mind with truth; because of that, he could recognize right away that Jesus was the Messiah. Jesus promises him that he will have even greater revelations. As we fill our minds with truth, we prepare ourselves […]

God builds with agape love and truth; the devil uses falsehood and lies as his building blocks. The more falsehood, the happier the devil is because he works with lies and falsehood. The word hypocrisy is from the Greek, meaning playacting, acting behind a mask, or acting a part. If a drama is announced, it’s […]

Jesus deals in the truth, and the enemy deals in falsehoods and lies. Which side do you want to be on?

Sacramentals are visible things used for a spiritual effect greater than the power in the thing itself. Jesus used sacramentals in His ministry. For example, when he was healing the blind man in John 9, Jesus spat on the ground and made mud, then put that on the man’s eyes and told him to go […]

Begins with salvation history – how God created everything, seen and unseen. He created the angels. Some rebelled, and ever after that, there have been two realms or kingdoms. That’s what we have to deal with even today. God chose a nation to begin to teach them how to be His people, to get rid […]