Today we have the soaring gospel of St. John's account of the birth of Jesus summarized: "And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only-begotten Son, full of grace and truth!"
What an astounding fact John recounts: the very Word that was already existent in the beginning; which created all things; which was the beloved of the Father – became visible in the flesh-of-the-children-of-Adam – our flesh!
For those who would believe this fact and accepted him as God's amazing gift he gave the power to become children of the Father: another amazing fact!
If we will live as children of the Father in this last hour, then we will know God and we will know Truth (His Son, our Lord, Brother and Friend - Jesus). We will also recognize those among us – whether fellows or leaders – who possess the one Truth; and we will be able to reject those who pose as leaders and fellows who actually do not possess the Truth at all!
The Truth is Light, and if there is darkness in a person, then the Light, the Truth is not with him! It takes one who is in the Light to see one who is in darkness; the one in darkness is rarely willing to see the Light and the Truth at all: thus they are easily recognizable – they flail and flounder as if they truly are in a dark room! They are the challenging, argumentative ones – the uncharitable malcontents who are far from the Kingdom of God!
On this last day of the year we pray that the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice, the sea resound and the plains be joyful for the Lord, the Light, the Truth comes to save the world and to rule it with justice!
Sing to the Lord a new song: announce his salvation this day and every day!
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