--- title: Truth Leads Us description: Inspired by the work of St. Teresa of Ávila, Maria Morera Johnson reflects on living in the truth. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/let-truth-lead.jpg --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2020/05/23/truth-leads-us/#) # Truth Leads Us May 23, 2020 12:30:50 PM  |  by [Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/maria-morera-johnson) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/let-truth-lead.jpg) [caption id="attachment_172092" align="aligncenter" width="1180"]!["Truth leads us" by Maria Morera Johnson (CatholicMom.com)](http://catholicmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/let-truth-lead.jpg) Image: [Pixabay.com](https://pixabay.com/images/id-4893478/) (2020), CC0/PD[/caption] Todays reading from [St. Teresa of Ávila](https://mariamjohnson.com/st-teresa-and-lint-in-my-pocket/) instructs us to live in the Truth. More than just not telling lies, it is about not living lies. That’s always hard, to be truthful with myself. I can spend the whole day telling myself little lies that peck away at my soul. *Just this little bit of gossip won’t hurt ... I’ll pray that Rosary later ... I’ll just do this thing this one time and then never again.* ### Walk in Truth The challenge is to live my day with my eyes, my actions, my very soul toward God. If I can manage that, I am confident everything else will fall into place. [tweet "The challenge is to live my day with my eyes, my actions, my very soul toward God. By @bego"] ![](http://catholicmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/let-nothing-disturb-you.jpg) You can pick up a copy of *[Let Nothing Disturb You](https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Disturb-Great-Spiritual-Teacher-ebook/dp/B01N9C7W4K/ref=sxts_entity_rec_bsx_s_def_r00_t_aufl?cv_ct_cx=st+teresa+of+avila&dchild=1&keywords=st+teresa+of+avila&pd_rd_i=B01N9C7W4K&pd_rd_r=26174092-811c-4bf1-8beb-8a8ab427d927&pd_rd_w=xztoi&pd_rd_wg=y6Rgi&pf_rd_p=7bdc9944-da80-4882-bf21-5565067e4c85&pf_rd_r=CF5R9AKSWGD6V9QT93HM&qid=1589999535&s=books&sr=1-2-795edd5f-cc24-47c7-9173-701523fd4bcf)* for this wonderful daily reflection. Following is the text of today's meditation: > MY DAY BEGINS > > > > > > Let us learn from this, my brothers and sisters, > > that if we would bear any resemblance to our God, > > we must strive ever to walk in truth. > > I do not mean merely that we should not tell falsehoods; > > I mean rather > > that we should act with perfect truth > > before God and all persons. > > Above all > > that we should not wish to be thought > > better than we are. > > In all our deeds > > we should ascribe to God what is God's, > > and attribute what is ours to ourselves; > > we should seek for truth in all things. > > In this way we will care little for the world, > > which is built on deception and falsehood > > and therefore cannot last. > > God grant us > > never to lose the grace of self-knowledge. > > If for the love of God > > we hated honors, possessions, and pleasures, > > embraced the cross, > > and set about God's service in earnest, > > Satan would fly away from such realities > > as from a plague. > > He is the friend of lies and a lie himself. > > He wants nothing to do > > with those who walk in truth. > > > > Let us speak > > only that which is perfectly true, > > and in so doing raise our sights to Truth itself, > > that is, to God. > > > > ALL THROUGH THE DAY > > > > Let me walk in truth. > > > > MY DAY IS ENDING > > > > Let nothing, O Lord, > > disturb the silence of this night. > > Let nothing make me afraid. > > Remove the dust of this day. > > Forgive my lies, > > the dozen ways in which today I have denied > > in word and action > > that you alone > > are the source of all true life. > > Cleanse my lips, my heart, my whole life > > of the untruths, > > the petty pride and self-love > > that so easily, so persistently, come between us. > > Fill my night with your forgiveness, > > with that peace > > that is possible only for those > > who walk in your truth. > > > > If I walk with you in truth, my Lord God, > > I will want for nothing. > > You alone are the Truth. > > You alone suffice. --- *Copyright 2020 Maria Morera Johnson* *The excerpt from*[Let Nothing Disturb You](https://www.avemariapress.com/product/1-59471-152-6/Let-Nothing-Disturb-You/)* from the work of St. Teresa of Avila is reprinted with the kind permission of Ave Maria Press, the publisher.* ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2020%2F05%2F23%2Ftruth-leads-us%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2020%2F05%2F23%2Ftruth-leads-us%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2020%2F05%2F23%2Ftruth-leads-us%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Truth%20Leads%20Us) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2020%2F05%2F23%2Ftruth-leads-us%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2020%2F05%2F23%2Ftruth-leads-us%2F%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Maria%20Johnson%202022.jpg) ### [Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/maria-morera-johnson) Maria Morera Johnson, author of *My Badass Book of Saints*, *Super Girls and Halo*, and *Our Lady of Charity: How a Cuban Devotion to Mary Helped Me Grow in Faith and Love* writes about all the things that she loves. 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