e is none other than Jesus
Christ our Lord.

He is The Word of God, who speaks to men God's words, because He speaks
not His own words but His Father's, and does not His own will but His
Father's who sends Him.

He speaks to us and to all men, in many ways; and to each according to
his needs. To all men, Christ speaks through their consciences, shewing
them what is good, and warning them of what is evil; for He is the Light
that lighteth every man that cometh into the world. To Christians Christ
speaks in many ways--to which, alas, too few give heed--through the
Bible, through the sacraments, through sermons, through the thoughts and
words of all wise and holy men. To the good He speaks with gracious
encouragement; to the wicked with awful severity. To the hypocrites He
says at times, "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape
the damnation of hell?" To the self-satisfied and bigoted He says, "If
ye had been blind, ye had had no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore
your sin remaineth." To the careless and worldly He says, "I know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. Thou sayest, I am rich and
increased with goods, I have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou
art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked."

To those who are ruining themselves by their own folly He says, "Why will
ye die? I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord: but rather that he should be converted, and live." To those who
are tormented by their own passions He says, "Take My yoke upon you and
learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest
unto your souls." To those who are wearied with the burden of their own
sins He says, "Come unto Me, all ye that are weary, and heavy laden, and
I will give you rest."

To those who are struggling, however weakly, to do what is right He says,
"I know thy works. Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and none
can shut it; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and
hast not denied My name. Because thou hast kept the word of My patience,
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation."

And to those who mourn for those whom they have loved and lost He says,
"Fear not, I am the first and the last, I am He that liveth, and was
dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of
hell and of death. He that believeth in Me, though he die, yet shall he
live; and he that liv