7^th Sunday of Easter. “Half Truth” Week 1: There are Many Ways to God

Dear brothers and sisters,

A half-truth is a statement that includes some element of truth; the statement might be partly true, but in leaving out the rest of the truth, it brings about a deception. The half-truth often leads us to embrace a whole lie. Today, on this 7^th Sunday of Easter, we begin a new five-week series that will take us through the great late-Spring feast days of the Ascension, Pentecost, Holy Trinity Sunday, and Corpus Christi. In this series we will confront popular misconceptions and errors in thinking that our culture believes. As we celebrate in these weeks the Ascension, Pentecost, the Trinity, and the Eucharistic Body of Christ, we will explore each of these truths of our faith.  The goal of this series is to show some popular misconceptions that they refute, including the following: “There are many ways to God;” “All religions are the same;” “You don't need a Church to connect with God;” “the Holy Eucharist is just a symbol;” and last, “God won't give you more than you can handle.”