The Way

Reflection for May 3, 2026 – The Fifth Sunday of Easter

In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks to his disciples about the place He is preparing for everyone in Heaven. He reminds them that knowing Him is akin to knowing Got the Father.  Find Today’s Reading Here

A friend of mine who had family members belonging to several different religions once told me that there were as many different routes to Heaven as there were to the grocery store.

This was an analogy her family had used to remember that they all sought the same thing — God — even though they were going about the search in different ways.

I’ve thought a lot about her words in the years since she shared them with me. It’s not an untrue analogy — there are a lot of different routes to the grocery store. An infinite number, in fact. There is actually no “right” way to get to the grocery store, because it all depends on where you’re starting from and what other errands you have along the way.

And there are a lot of different routes to Heaven — likewise, an infinite number. It all depends on where you’re starting from. It all depends on what you have to do along the way.



There it is: the part that matters. The way.

Whether we’re talking about Heaven or the grocery store as our destination, all routes are not created equal. Some take too long. Some are impassable. Some are hard to navigate. Some are just plain made-up — the glitch of a GPS, the promise of a false prophet. And inevitably, if you take a less-than-ideal route, you will find yourself flagging down a pedestrian, asking, “I’m lost. Which way do I go?”

See, you can meander all you want. But in the end, you have to find The Way. And there’s only one. Don’t worry, though.

You’ll know him when you see him.

©LPi