 So Christ is, in this beautiful metaphorical image, the way, the truth, and the life. As Christ is the bridge, He is the way, along which we pass, so that we can come to the house of the Father. He is the truth that can confound the lives of the devil. So at any point when we're experiencing discouragement, temptation, despair, Christ is the truth who can free us from that deception and lead us to the Father. And He is the life to which we come through receiving not only the gift of the Eucharist so that we have strength for the journey, but He is the life that we will receive as we cross along the bridge and come to the end of our earthly pilgrimage, our ultimate destiny with God forever in heaven.