Key to the Heart of Jesus
Introduction
- It is said that the key to a man’s heart is his stomach, the key to a women’s heart is ‘shopping’ and the key to a child’s heart is ‘chocolate’. It may be of an old saying. Things might have changed with the new technologies and development.
- What is the key to the Heart of Jesus? Peter gives us the answer in today’s gospel reading.
- The key is “Know the truth and proclaim it”.
Content
- Two things are important to get into the heart of Jesus – Know the truth and proclaim the truth.
1. Knowing – Peter knew who Jesus was. “You are the Son of God, the Messiah”.
o In the Knowledge there are two parts as it is shown in the gospel.
§ Knowledge on what do others say
· Jesus asked peter “what do others say that I am?” Peter knew it very well – “some say that you are John the Baptist; others, Elijah; others’ one of the prophet…..”
· We should have the knowledge on what do others say about things that are related to our faith. Eg; we should know what do others say about RH bill and why do they say that. Some say that poverty is caused by over population and RH bill is a solution to poverty. They ignore the fact of corruption, the real cause of poverty and support the RH bill which blocks the natural flow of life and thus stands against God’s will. Eg; the exhibition in CCP – some say that “freedom of expression is a right”. But the question is; can we have an absolute freedom that allows us to do whatever we like? Is it allowed to hurt the feelings of others through our freedom?
§ Knowledge on what you have to say
· Our convictions should flow from two sources – the Word and the Teachings of the Church
· Word of God is the treasure of truth.
· Church is built up on the rock – peter, and is guided by the follower of peter, the present pope. He has the power of infallibility in the matter of faith and moral issues. So we have the obligation to know and obey the teachings of the church.
2. Proclaim the truth – Peter proclaimed the truth that ‘Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God’.
§ There are two ways to proclaim, through our words and our deeds.
§ In this new media era, we have amble of opportunities like facebook, twitter, etc. to proclaim our convictions.
§ Proclamation through deeds has more witnessing value in today’s context. When we respect the life and nurture it by our help we proclaim that we are for life (in the context of RH bill). If we restrain from hurting other’s feeling by respecting our brothers and sisters we silently proclaim that we use our freedom responsibly (in the context of Exhibition in CCP).
Conclusion
- Let us the disciples of Jesus who
o Know the truth and
o Proclaim the truth
- Thus, following the example of Peter, let us have the key to enter into the heart of Jesus.
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