spoken words point others to our ideas. When we write, our written words point others to what we would have said if we were present with them. In this way, our whole relationship to the world, to other people, and to ourselves is characterized by words. Because God made us, he knows how much we depend on words (CCC 1146); and so, since he wanted to enter into a relationship with us, he decided to use words at every step of the way. In the beginning, God created all that exists with the words, “Let