Who do you say that I am?

I have heard it often said that Joe never said anything in the Scriptures. I disagree.

The first chapter of Matthew concludes with the Joseph waking from his first dream. St. Matthew tells us, "When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus" (Mt. 1:24-25). "He NAMED him Jesus," or perhaps better from the Vulgate, "vocavit nomen eius Iesum" ("He CALLED his name Jesus"). You see, Joe spoke only one thing, or rather, one Word: "Jesus."

It has largely been a part of our Catholic Tradition that God the Father only speaks one word, the Word. Yet, we never receive an account of the Father speaking the Word, only indications. Why? Because the Word of the Father is not an audible word, it is a silent Word. Breathed and spoken, yet never heard with the ears of the head. For the Word can only be heard with the ears of the heart.

Now, comes the juicy part... The Word of the Father and the Word of Joe are one and the same Person: Jesus, the Word of God! "And the Word became flesh." (Jn. 1:14). Joe is the Living Icon of God the Father, Who breaths out the most precious Name! And only in this Name, we are saved (Acts 4:12).