In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He
was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not
anything made that was made. In him was
life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has
not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name
was John. He came
for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through
him. He was not the light, but came to bear
witness to the light.
The true light that enlightens every man
was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet
the world knew him not. He came to his own
home, and his own people received him not. But
to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become
children of God; who were born, not of
blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the
Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld
his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, “This was he of whom I
said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.’”) And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen
God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him
known.
No love that in a family dwells, / No carolling in frosty air, / Nor all the steeple-shaking bells / Can with this single Truth compare – / That God was man in Palestine / And lives today in Bread and Wine.
Happy Christmas!
Nollaig Shona!
Malipayong Pasko!
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