In
the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Merry Christmas! Christmastide is
the celebration of the Incarnation. The day when we remember and celebrate that
God, who created all that is, who is the source of all that is, was born of a
woman on earth. Our reading from John is the definitive Biblical passage that
addresses this concept. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God and the Word was God.” Its beautiful poetic stanzas inspire a sense of awe
and majesty. But this first chapter of John is also one of the densest in the
Bible. What does it mean that the Word became flesh? What does it mean that the
Word is God?
