It was in the middle of the day and both sides of the street were jammed with pedestrians, each person making his or her way back to work with a hurried gait. Then most of them suddenly stopped and gazed at the street as a loud screeching emanated from a car as its driver was attempting to stop the speeding vehicle before…..BANG. It slammed into another vehicle and came to a rest only after plunging into a building.
After the injured were cared for, the police began to ask the numerous witnesses what they had seen. Not surprisingly, depending on each witness’s vantage point, there were several different versions of what had actually occurred. The authorities were left with the task of discovering the truth….the actual elements of the accident. The quest was to discover the truth about the event; it was not something that was created in the mind of each individual witness. There existed an objective truth regarding the crash that required discovery.
As with the automobile incident, so also for many of the life’s questions and mysteries, the truth of each question, each mystery is there to be discovered. For many people the pursuit of truth is the greatest of virtues. It is not something one creates in one’s mind. Truth is objective; it is real. It must be man’s first priority, for without truth he is doomed to an endless series of falsehoods, from which no meaningful action can be taken. Truth has a priority over consensus or an accommodation to the group; it is not subjective, it does not yield to a misguided sense of social convenience or order. Truth is then radical, as it will not accept a false subjectivism or capitulate to political, economic, or social customs that are false. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger noted in his speech “On Conscience” that a truthful man is one “who never acquires tolerance, well being, success, public standing, and approval on the part of prevailing opinion at the expense of truth.” The discovery of truth is paramount among all the virtues.
Catholicism places a priority on truth, objective reality. Each catholic must accede to the truth of the church’s teachings rather than submit to personal preferences. While it may be easier to “go along’ with sentimentalities regarding abortion, a false definition of marriage, and other secular themes, the catholic must take the road that leads to truth, regardless of the consequences. Truth leads to the reality that is God! Truth is there to be discovered.
When asked, “isn’t Truth just one man’s conception of things?”, G.K. Chesterton commented, “That is a big blunder. All thought is an attempt to discover if one’s own conception is true or not.” The search for truth is an adventure of discovery.
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