In today's gospel Christ summarizes the Truth of the Universe for his fishermen followers. It is always interesting that He is sharing His wisdom with average people and not academics. Not that this is non-philosophical; speaking of His impending death He says, "Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know." That is a very Platonic notion.
Brave Thomas, the twin of skepticism and belief, disagrees. So does Philip. And Christ does not hedge, answering that He is the way, that He and the Father are one. When Philip wants to see the Father, Christ explains that the Father is there.
There is a remarkable confidence in the average man here in distinction from the scribes. Faith emerges as an alternative to the material world and truth is encountered personally by every man, not academic musings or conferences.
This gospel is the source of the mystic "Interior Castle," written by St. Theresa of Avilla especially for the women of the Carmelite Order.
Brave Thomas, the twin of skepticism and belief, disagrees. So does Philip. And Christ does not hedge, answering that He is the way, that He and the Father are one. When Philip wants to see the Father, Christ explains that the Father is there.
There is a remarkable confidence in the average man here in distinction from the scribes. Faith emerges as an alternative to the material world and truth is encountered personally by every man, not academic musings or conferences.
This gospel is the source of the mystic "Interior Castle," written by St. Theresa of Avilla especially for the women of the Carmelite Order.
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