My WORD: Two Heartbeats Away From The Presidency

Here are the US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's comments as given to a group of Catholics at a meeting last month:

“They ask me all the time, ‘What is your favorite this? What is your favorite that? What is your favorite that?’ And one time, ‘What is your favorite word?’ And I said, ‘My favorite word? That is really easy. My favorite word is the Word, is the Word.’ And that is everything. It says it all for us. And you know the biblical reference, you know the Gospel reference of the Word. 

“And that Word is, we have to give voice to what that means in terms of public policy that would be in keeping with the values of the Word. The Word. Isn’t it a beautiful word when you think of it? It just covers everything. The Word. 

“Fill it in with anything you want. But, of course, we know it means: ‘The Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.’ And that’s the great mystery of our faith. He will come again. He will come again. So, we have to make sure we’re prepared to answer in this life, or otherwise, as to how we have measured up.”

The word 'word' is a beautiful word -- if you think about it.

I could have this wrong, but I heard somewhere that the word 'word' was actually Logos. But what do I know?

A question: Do you think Sarah Palin knows the Greek word for 'word' used by St. John the Evangelist? And do you think Ms. Palin would know the Gospel reference?

Here is the kind of thing that passes for "deeply spiritual" language, particularly for those who stand on the religious left, even the Catholic religious left: "The Word. ... It just covers everything. The Word. Fill it in with anything you want."

What do leftists fill it in with? Who knows?

But we do know this, or at least Speaker Pelosi knows it: "[The] Word is, we have to give voice to what that means in terms of public policy in keeping with the values of the Word."

Giving voice to the Word is what the Word means. Get it?

Word.

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