The
third day of Christmas is the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist. In the magisterial
prologue to the Gospel of John, we are given a cosmic background to the Christmas
story:
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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. 1He 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.
Here
is a brief reflection from Archbishop William Temple (1881-1944):
The
Word became flesh.
The Word did not merely indwell a human being. Absolute identity is asserted.
The Word is Jesus; Jesus is the Word. And it is said that the Word became flesh because “flesh is that part of
human nature commonly associated with frailty and evil; commonly, but not
necessarily. In Jesus the flesh is the completely responsive vehicle of the
spirit. The whole of Him, flesh included, is the Word, the self-utterance of
God.
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