“Many people think of the Word of God as an “it” when in fact, the Word of God is a person, Jesus Christ. Jesus did not come merely to give us information and exhortation. He came to give us his very self. He is the “Word made Flesh.”
“Pope Emeritus Benedict made this point in, the Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Verbum Domini. . . .
“The Word of God is not merely on the pages of a book. The Word of God is not just an idea or ethical system. The Word of God is not just a set of teachings or doctrines. The Word of God is Jesus Christ. And to really grasp this Word to the degree that we come to know Him, and experience Him and His power active in our lives.”
In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on how we cannot really grasp Scripture unless we come to know Jesus and on how Scripture, and the wider concept of the Word of God, authentically interpreted by the Church, is an encounter with a living God – the Lord Jesus Christ.
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