Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (3)

Truth will set you free

Truth itself (why)

became man

logos became man

Although heart more imp than what know

Wisdom 2nd most imp

cant love what know nothing of

more know better can love

Part how wisdom set us free was becoming man so we know Him

John 8:32 “and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.””

Truth set free

Freedom

debate real freedom

dont have be complicated, complexity not freedom but with us

freedom do whatever want

but what we want, core being, not itches not stubborn willing, BUT US

be with God

Can’t be with what dont know

so knowing Him sets free

weighed down with sticky heavy goo of ignorance, be unshackled!

Gospel

Opens ear, spits, touch tongue

prophesized in Isaiah, God does these signs

brings know divinity to man

when deaf, hard to speak well

first must hear then speak

like first know then act well

To know is like hearing or seeing

to walk well we need to see

to talk well we need to hear.

TRuth Himself set his tongue free, and the Truth will set you free

tongue is free hearing, mind free by knowing

interlude

Catholic long venerated pursuit of knowledge as holy

Truth, logos came to humanity

founded many thing

keep this sacred tradition!

for us

Study

crave knowledge just humans

drives social media

drive youtube scrolling

drives things like wikipedia

Channel it well?

Think how many hours poured into secular school in life

how many hours spent studying God?

at least half as many?

5th as many?

maybe at least a 100th?

Conclusion

Truth will set you free

truth make happy if embraced

Seek truth and you will be set free

Notes

me

making distinctions among each other

knowing truth lets us act well as hearing allows speak well

ears, spitting word, then talk

now imp of knowledge as focused on love

commentators

Pitre

fulfilling prophecy of first reading when God comes

deliberately fulfilling tangibly with touching, etc

doing by own authority and body

be careful judging dress if result poverty’

Psuedo chrysos

show body divine by healing w/ it

Chrysostom

these miracles would not all be there until Christ

Lactantius

opening of speech also indicates that by his presence can speak of divine things that shut up b4