As prophets, our vocation is to seek out the words or logoi of God which are hidden within each thing, from stone to angel. By these divine words God brought each thing into existence and keeps it in existence. As the Psalmist says: "He spoke, and they came to be; he commanded and they were created" (Psalm 148:5). And the Apostle Peter: "The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord abides forever" (1 Peter1:24). And from the letter to the Hebrews: "He upholds all things by the word (rymati - the spoken word) of his power"(Hebrews 1:3). These logoi or inner essences are unique to each created thing, giving each one their unique role in the cosmic symphony. They are the inner essence of each thing. They preserve the thing within which they dwell from collapsing back into the primal formless void.
