Daily Signet

“Who do men say I am?”  the Christ asks of his disciples. In answering this question of himself, he says, “I am…the way…the truth…the life…the bread... the fruit of the vine…the door…the good shepherd…the resurrection…the life…the Alpha…the Omega…that which is and was, and which is to come…the root and the Offspring…the origin of origins and the derivation as well…I am always vates…I am always and eternally the bright and morning star.”

“Who do you say I am?” asks the Christ Within. How often do we desacralize the holy name given us at birth as we answer: “I am an accountant, a tax collector, a Roman Prefect, a butcher, a baker, a toolmaker and I count notches on sticks.” How easily we toss the “I Am” about, as if it is powerless in its significance, and settle in comfort for a label: “I am a conservative, a liberal, agnostic; I am busy, tired, fine, angry. I am activity. I am what I eat.” 

“Who do men say I am?” asks the Wisdom that was in the beginning. May your “I am” reveal your kinship with the Christ within…always vatic, always revealing the vision, a Word of God sourced in the potential of the way, the truth, the life, the root and the Offspring, the Alpha and the Omega, the always and eternally bright and morning star. 

Teri Martin

On This Day…

St. Philip the Deacon: chosen by Jesus’s apostles to care for the needy so that they could be free to preach