Every word in the Bible is related to another, not only by the laws of syntax but by the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, by focusing on one word, we come to a spiritual encounter with the Word of God. Daily reading develops in us a sense of attentiveness to the living presence of Christ in the verses we read and consider.
The “The Word” project was created out of the desire to deepen the relationship with the Lord Jesus, but also from the desire to share the experience of His Person. When we open the biblical books, we discover that a multidimensional image, or icon, of the Son of God, the Eternal Word of the Father, emerges from them.
These words of St. John of the Cross, taken from his work “Ascent of Mount Carmel”, form a basic theme for daily meditation:
“But now that the faith is founded in Christ, and in this era of grace, the law of the Gospel has been made manifest, there is no reason to enquire of Him in that manner, nor for Him to speak or to answer as He did then. For, in giving us, as He did, His Son, which is His Word — and He has no other — He spoke to us all together, once and for all, in this single Word, and He has no occasion to speak further.”
There is no need to ask as before, but one needs to listen again and again every day. We share this experience to guard the gift of the Word of God in our hearts.
