Take offence from truth

The Roman Catholic Lectionary for today contains Luke’s account of the questions that John the Baptist’s disciples have for Jesus. He responds by quoting Isaiah. John will know the relationship of the prophesies of Isaiah to the coming of the Messiah. One phrase from this text “And blessed is anyone who takes no offence at me” is particularly unexpected. In history the ones who bring ‘truth’ are not always well received. The Divine knowledge of Creature can be offending to our ego as we are healed of our blindness and we are able to overcome the lameness that prevents us from walking in the truth.