JESUS IS THE WAY

V EASTER SUNDAY - John 14:1-12

As we come into this world, we are faced with a multitude of ways through which our lives may unfold. We cannot choose everything in our lives, since a lot depends on the circumstances we live in. However, each one has to choose the direction towards which we move. Are we looking for the way that takes us to the Lord or do we prefer to walk along the ways of the world that will take us far away from the Lord?

In Isaiah, the Lord puts us on the alert, so that, being misguided, we go for the ways of the world:

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.” (Is 55:8)

We must approach the Lord with a listening heart to be guided by his word. It is from him that we may learn his ways:

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob,

that he may teach us his ways

and that we may walk in his paths.” (Is 2:3)

God’s promise was fulfilled in Jesus. Matthew tells us that he “went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them”.  Jesus is the Rabbi, the Teacher who points out to us the road to the Kingdom of God.

In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus presents himself as the Way and the Truth and the Life. Life and truth are only possible in the Father, and Jesus is the way to the Father. We may come to the knowledge of God in many different ways, but it is only in Jesus that we come to God as Father and recognise ourselves as his children. In Jesus, we feel loved and accepted, receiving the gift of loving and accepting others as brothers and sisters. Only in Jesus, we can find rest and peace.