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John, Paul, and the writer of Hebrews are emphatic: 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 into being through him; and apart from him nothing came into being that has come into being. In... Read More →

I too will proclaim the power of this day: the immaterial becomes incarnate, the Word is made flesh, the invisible makes itself seen, the intangible can be touched, the timeless has a beginning, the Son of God becomes the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, always the same —... Read More →

Today the Lord is born, the Lord who is the life and salvation of mankind. Today Divinity is reconciled with humanity and humanity with Divinity. Today the whole creation leaps for joy. Today a way from mankind to God, and from God to the human soul, is opened. The time for... Read More →

What shall I say? And how shall I describe this birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He who sits upon the sublime and heavenly throne now lies in a manger. And he who cannot be touched, who is without complexity,... Read More →

Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake God became man. You would have suffered eternal death, had he not been born in time. Never would you have been freed from... Read More →