{"id":373,"date":"2023-05-24T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/?p=373"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:26:06","slug":"jesus-is-truth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/?p=373","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Is Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Years ago, I realized I would never know the truth, but if I choose my words carefully, they could point to the truth. First, there has to be honesty and sincerity. People look for this first and if it\u2019s not there, then there is nothing much there anyway. Secondly, I believe it\u2019s respect; you can respect the goodness others bring to the table without agreeing or disagreeing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0The biggest idea is LOVE\u2026 I believe this should be cultivated, more seen in the things you have done, and what you are doing; not so much what you say.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I\u2019m a Catholic because I believe everything Jesus said is the truth, because He is the truth. For me, you can\u2019t have truth without the Church\u2026it takes both the <em>Formative<\/em> and <em>Transformative<\/em>\u2026the Form and the Content.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I realized I would never know the truth, but if I choose my words carefully, they could point to the truth. First, there has to be honesty and sincerity. People look for this first and if it\u2019s not there, then there is nothing much there anyway. Secondly, I believe it\u2019s respect; you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays","tag-spirituality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflectionsonfaith.net\/reflections\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}