On this day we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany. Today we heard at Mass the Gospel reading telling us of the wise men coming from the east to honor the true King, Jesus.*
Whenever we honor the truth, we honor Jesus. Every time we reject the truth, we tell Jesus that we do not want Him to be our King,** since He is The Truth.***
Today the outgoing President of the United States once again repeated his baseless claim that the most recent Presidential election was stolen, and that he was fraudulently defeated in that election, despite no credible evidence of widespread voter fraud; he encouraged his supporters to go to the Capitol and protest the outcome of the election, which they did, so that protesters stormed the Capitol and people died.**** In the lawfully sanctioned electoral process in the United States, the citizens told the outgoing President that we do not want him to be our President, yet he and some of his supporters refuse to acknowledge that truth. When any of us supports unfounded allegations, we are rejecting the truth, and consequently we are telling Jesus that we do not want Him to be our King.
How far are we willing to go to support the truth or deny it? All of us, each and every one of us, with no exceptions, will have to give an account of whether we have fostered or undermined the truth. On that day, the Truth may very well say to us, "Any time you denied the Truth, you denied Me."
* Matthew 2:1-12
** Luke 19:14
*** John 14:6
**** https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-video-statement-capitol-rioters-we-love-you-very-special-2021-1
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