The Mouth of the Word of God is his Bloody Wounds.

The mouth of the word of God is his bloody wounds. They spoke to us. A "sentence" was uttered. The "sentence" consisted not of one "word" but two "words".  The two "words" describe the different stories that unfolded on each side of his bloody wounds.

The first "word" of the sentence that the Son of God uttered to us through his bloody wounds describes the story that unfolded on their near side. When we look at the near side of his bloody wounds, we see the baptism of torture and death into which we immersed him. We see his ignominious defeat.

However, his bloody wounds have two sides not just one. They have a near side and a far side. Different stories unfolded on each of the sides of his bloody wounds.

The second "word" that the Son of God uttered to us through his bloody wounds describes the story that unfolded on their far side. When we look through the bloody wounds as though we are looking through a telescope, we catch a glimpse of paradise from here on earth. We see his glorious victory. We see that he emerged from the black hole of death still alive and still in love with us.

That he emerged from the black hole of death still alive is the proof that Jesus is God. Nobody emerges alive from the black hole of death. He did.

That he emerged from the black hole of death still in love with us, however, proves so much more than "mere" divinity. This added detail reveals to us that our simple conception of divinity as omnipotence is not quite accurate. Divinity has another aspect besides omnipotence. That love survived the evil we did to him is the proof that divinity is love.

The bloody wounds speak a sentence of two "words" to us not one. Two "words" make up the vocabulary of his bloody wounds not one. Leave out one of the "words" and Christianity is distorted.

Typically, part of the second "word" of the sentence is omitted. His emergence from the black hole of death alive (the Resurrection) is typically mentioned. The emergence from the black hole of death still in love with us is typically unsaid.

The goal of the serpent was to drain his most sacred heart of his love for us. But the serpent failed. Buckets of blood spilled from the bloody wounds that we opened in his body. But not a drop of his love for us spilled. His most sacred heart stayed filled to the brim with love for us. Salvation history is the story of the many failed attempts of the serpent to persuade God to stop loving us. The Crucifixion is the pinnacle of the serpent's failure. Despite the evil we did to him, God refused to stop loving us. Wow! His love for us is crazy! God is head over heels in love with us! His refusal to stop loving us despite the evil we did to him is the glorious victory we celebrate whenever a priest says a Mass. It is the most Holy Eucharist that nourishes our souls.

His love for us is indedescructible. It was tested at Calvary. The evil baptism into which we immersed him failed to extinguish his love for us or reduce it by even the slightest degree. There is nothing to fear because His love for us is indestructible.