I'd been reading the "The Brothers Karamazov," and was trying to figure out which of the two main suspects it was who had killed old Karamazov, and why. I'd been knee-deep in the novel for two weeks, and it was driving me nuts.
The reveal is one of the great things about mysteries. Who can watch "The Unicorn and the Wasp' and not want to know who tried to kill Donna, poison the Doctor and murder Lady Eddison's son? For that matter, who can read any Agatha Christie novel and not wait for the moment when the killer is unmasked and brought to justice? We all love it when the truth comes out.
Lent is meant to be a period of reveals. Certainly its focus on fasts is meant to bring us to a place where we are open to experiencing the transcendent through incremental revelations and gains in understanding. But any time of contemplation also leads us to understand ourselves better.
There's a story told in these parts about a man who hid himself so well that no one knew who he was, not even he himself. But he grew in understanding and in time his commitment to the truth revealed not only who he was, but everyone else as well.
The truth, once revealed, set people free.
What truth is revealed about and within you?
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