The Eternal Word of God

   “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…..And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” (John 1: 1 & 14)

   In a recent homily I was reminded of a deeper understanding of the Word of God, my Lord Jesus Christ.  His presence as the Word and His role in salvation history didn’t begin with His birth, He is eternal.  Before the world came into being He was there.  Jesus, the Word, has always been present in the world and in my life.  In fact, without Him the world and everything in it would not exist.

   When God said, “Let there be light” (Gen 1: 1) it was Christ, the Word of God.  Throughout the books of the prophets we see phrases like, “the Word of God came” to them.  That Word was not just some voice in their mind, it was Jesus, the Word of God.  John tells us that “All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be.” (John 1: 3).  Without the Word nothing came into existence and without Him nothing remains.

   His voice resonates in everything.  He speaks to us in so many ways.  He is there in Holy Scripture, in nature, in the depths of our being.  If we are silent and listen with our heart we will always hear the Word of God.

Lord Your Word guides us.

He calls us to follow.

His voice is eternal.

Give me the grace to always hear the Word.

Amen