How can we know the way?

     One of my favorite passages in John's gospel is the reassurance of Jesus to his friends to "not let your hearts be troubled", but to have faith in God and faith in Him.  He reassures them that He has a place for them and that they need to follow Him.  Then Thomas says "Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"

     The response of Jesus is what we have been hearing the last few weeks in a clear and specific way.  Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."  We heard last Sunday that Jesus is the Good Shepherd, he knows his sheep and his sheep know him ... that he is the gatekeeper, no one enters who is a thief or a robber, only those who are invested in the sheep ... that he is the gate itself, the narrow way by which we come to know, love and serve the Father.  He is the center, the heart of our relationship with the Father.  He is our ALL.  He is the way, the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through him.

     How can we know the way?  Simple - know, love and serve Jesus as Lord and Savior, friend and brother.  That is what Paul spoke of in Pisidia in Acts 13:26 - 33 today when he says that "what God has promised our fathers he has brought to fulfillment for us, his children, by raising up Jesus ..."  Jesus is the center of our lives.  Live accordingly.

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     As I did a few weeks ago, I would like to acknowledge and welcome to the Table of the Lord those of our second group who received their First Holy Communion last Sunday, May 15th.  They are Ricco Ciccarelli, Nathaniel Fetsick, Kylie Morgan Mihalov, Nolan Mullen, Hannah Nelson, Carissa Novotny, Christian Petroy, Joseph Rush, Natalie Shuster, Rachel Sullivan, Conor Thornton, Trey Wilson, Seth Yanosko and Kayla Young.  We look forward to seeing them at the Table often, and we offer our congratulations and prayers.