Truth and freedom are two words that seduce us; we easily think that we understand them, but how difficult it is to combine them and even more so to make them guide our lives. Truth and freedom, in the context in which Jesus pronounces these words, is the result of having believed in him and of making his Word the norm of our lives; which implies knowing Him, loving Him and following Him. Jesus, his life, is the only truth we need to adhere to, and it is that truth that liberates us because it is the one that takes us out of ourselves, frees us from the ego that enslaves us, and gives us the grace to give our lives to the end. Let us contemplate in these days the freedom with which Jesus places himself before his enemies who besiege him and the freedom with which he says: “No one takes my life, I give it up”.