Tower_Shield says:
OOC:
After that, I can spend 1 action to sustain it, which allows me to move and attack once with it in further rounds. Or am I reading it in a different way? We can play it however you like though. I just read it as 2 actions to cast/strike the first round, and then 1 action to sustain/strike in further rounds.
The power of faith, when the divine grants a miracle...
God does not go half way.*
You do not have to waste actions to "Sustain" a miracle with your personal energy; however, every command given to the divine Agent granted to serve you in this moment of need, does count against you. Making the weapon attack counts as though you had attacked, commanding the weapon to change targets or move... that will require the sustain action as you must commune to command.
In essence, you have the psion "Trance" feature as long as you command the spiritual weapon.
(*Though god does say, "It will be in accordance with your faith". i.e. This is why all divine miracles are not "Maximized" and "Empowered". We are the stumbling block, it is our faults that create our limits.)