Monday of week 1 in Ordinary Time
Hebrews 1:1-6 | Psalm 96(97):1-2,6-7,9 | Mark 1:14-20
in our own time, the last days, he has spoken to us through his Son, the Son that he has appointed to inherit everything and through whom he made everything there is. (Hebrews 1:2)
When I read that portion of today’s reading, my mind immediately leaped to the Nicene Creed, specifically:
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
A wise priest once told me that “we may know by heart every word of the Creed that we profess, but we’ll never really understand it.” Those six words in bold used to be almost a throwaway line. Now, I’m reminded of the beginning of the Gospel according to St. John:
In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him. (John 1:1-3)
Christ, the Logos, the Word of God, born of the Father before all ages. Through Him were created you, and me, and everything we see around us.
I’m moved to exclaim, in punny hip hop lingo, “word up!”
Which, in plain Catholic, simply means…
Amen.