But Who Do You Say That I Am?

 “But Who do You Say that I Am?”

     “Lord, why do you ask the same question?  And, why do you ask precisely those who should know the answer best?  Do not men respond to you, calling you “Father”, “Christ”, “Son of the Living God”, “Savior of the world”, “Master of all truth”, “Sacred Heart”, “God with us”, “Blessed Sacrament”, “the Eucharist”?  Don’t the choirs of cathedrals and monasteries, as well as the mouths of your priests and virgins, respond to you with praises and confessions in their Masses and Offices?

     Why, in spite of those responses do you continue asking?

     All right, don’t tell me, my heart has already guessed and feels it.  It is our behavior towards you that is the cause of your insistence.  It is the monumental discrepancy, I would say, between the responses of our lips and of our actions.  Shame on us, for you cannot believe or trust in our word.  If we call you “Father”, why don’t we love you as your children?  If we say “Son of the living God”, why don’t we adore you above all things, and why do we treat you as if you were dead?  If we proclaim you as “Savior” and “Master of the world”, why do we look for our wellbeing and truth in other ways aside from you?  If you are the “Sacred Heart”, why don’t we render our sinful hearts to you?  If you are “God with us” and the “Eucharist”, why do we abandon the tabernacle and leave God with cobwebs and mice?”  (unknown)

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