There are four separate Mass readings for Christmas, but I will go with that of Christmas During the Day. This might be my favorite passage in all the Bible.
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 came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the
human race;
the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.
A man
named John was sent from God.
He
came for testimony, to testify to the light,
so
that all might believe through him.
He
was not the light,
but
came to testify to the light.
The
true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
but his own people did not accept him.
But
to those who did accept him
he
gave power to become children of God,
to
those who believe in his name,
who
were born not by natural generation
nor
by human choice nor by a man’s decision
but
of God.
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.
John
testified to him and cried out, saying,
“This
was he of whom I said,
‘The
one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me
because
he existed before me.’”
From
his fullness we have all received,
grace
in place of grace,
because
while the law was given through Moses,
grace
and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No
one has ever seen God.
The
only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side,
has
revealed him.
~Jn
1:1-18
Bishop Barron provides a thorough exegesis.
Here is the takeaway for Christmas: “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.”
Merry Christmas!
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