Pilate to Christ: "What Is Truth?"

 St. John 18:37-38 "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." "What is truth?" retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him. (King James Version.)

In this day and age, I also ask: What is Truth? We are certainly not getting Truth from the mainstream media, nor are we getting it from those tasked with leading the Elect, the Remnant to the heavenly beatitude, so where do we get the Truth?

As Pilate did not understand that Truth Himself was standing not more than one or two feet from him, we, practicing Catholics, seem to attempt to get the Truth from sources that mix half-truths with the truth, rendering the final version of the Truth, not the Truth at all. What we end up with is man's attempt to create the Truth to fit his own image, not that of God's... It's as if we become Doctor Frankenstein, stealing a part here and there to make up what we believe to be Truth. That is self-deception, and that is why there are thousands upon thousands of denominations that label themselves "Christians"...

If you use the Bible as your sole rule of faith, you open yourself up to believe anything you want to believe, and actually prove it from that very same Bible! See: 2 Peter 3:16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. (King James Version.)

As an example of humility -- in seeking the Truth, see Acts 8:26-39...

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.  The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.  And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.  And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.  And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

Any practicing Catholic who buys into the "spirit of the age" in order to go along to get along, will put his soul, and the souls entrusted to him, in grave danger. Make no mistake, we fathers will be held accountable if anyone of our charges abandons the faith handed down to us by the Divine Founder, Christ our Lord, through His Holy Church.

There is only one fold, one faith, and one baptism... See Ephesians 4:4-6 (King James Version.)

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Men may change, but the Deposit of Faith never changes...

"What is Truth"? Or, where is the Truth to be found?

The Church -- the (Catholic) Church is the pillar and ground of truth! 

See 1 Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. (King James Version.)

Pray for strength and honor!

Viva Cristo Rey! Blessed Fr. Miguel Pro, pray for us...

Gene DeLalla