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<p align="justify">ALLELUJA<br>
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>Fölragyogott ránk a szent nap, * Jöjjetek, nemzetek, és imádjátok az
Urat, * mert ma nagy fényesség szállt le a földre</b></span>. – 5. tónus.
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<i>Hosszabb forma:</i><br>
<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><b>† EVANGÉLIUM Szent János könyvéből
<br>
<i>Az Ige testté lett, és <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">közöttünk</span> lakott. </i><br>
Kezdetben volt az Ige. Az Ige Istennél volt, és Isten volt az Ige. Ő
volt kezdetben Istennél. Minden őáltala lett, és <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">nélküle</span> semmi sem
lett, ami lett. Őbenne élet volt, és ez az élet volt az emberek
világossága. A világosság <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">a sötétségben</span> világít,<span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"> de a sötétség nem</span>
fogadta be.<br>
Föllépett egy ember, akit Isten küldött: János volt a neve. Azért
jött, hogy tanúságot tegyen: tanúságot a világosságról, hogy mindenki
higgyen általa. Nem <span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)">ő volt </span>a világosság, ő csak azért jött, hogy
tanúságot tegyen a világosságról.<br>
Az Ige az igazi világosság volt, amely <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">a világba </span>jött, hogy
megvilágítson <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">minden embert.</span> <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">A világban </span>volt, és <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">a világ</span> őáltala lett,
de <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">a világ</span> <span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">nem</span> ismerte fel őt. A tulajdonába jött, de övéi <span style="color:rgb(120,63,4)">nem fogadták
be</span>. Mindazoknak azonban, akik befogadták, hatalmat adott, hogy Isten
gyermekei legyenek; azoknak, akik hisznek benne, akik nem <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">vér szerint</span>,
nem <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">a test kívánságából,</span> és nem is<span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"> <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">a férfi akaratából</span></span><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">,</span> hanem Istentől
születtek.<br>
És az Ige testté lett, és <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">közöttünk</span> lakott. Mi pedig láttuk az ő
dicsőségét, mely az Atya Egyszülöttjének dicsősége, telve kegyelemmel
és igazsággal.<br>
János tanúságot tett róla, amikor ezt hirdette: „Ő az, akiről
mondtam, hogy utánam jön, de megelőz engem, mert előbb volt, mint én.”
Hiszen mi mindannyian az ő teljességéből nyertünk kegyelemből
kegyelmet. A törvényt ugyanis <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">Mózes</span> által kaptuk, a kegyelem és az
igazság azonban Jézus Krisztus által valósult meg.<br>
Istent <span style="color:rgb(39,78,19)">soha senki nem</span> látta, Isten Egyszülöttje, aki az Atya kebelén
van, ő nyilatkoztatta ki.
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Ezek az evangélium igéi.
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<font size="2"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman"">Friends, <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>today <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">we </span>celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God.</b></span><br><br></span></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman"">We
hear at Mass</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman""> <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>one of the most magnificent passages in the Scriptures</b></span>,
indeed one of the gems of the Western literary tradition: <u><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>the prologue
to the Gospel of John.</b></span></u> In many ways, the essential meaning of Christmas
is contained in these elegantly crafted lines.<br><br>But today I would
like to focus on how John commences:<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> "In the beginning was the Word."</b></span> No
first-century Jew would have missed the significance of that opening
phrase, for the first word of the Hebrew Scriptures, <i style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px">bereshit</i>, means precisely "beginning."<br><br>The
evangelist is signaling that the story he will unfold is the tale of a
new creation, a new beginning.<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> The Word,</b></span> he tells us,</span></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman""> was not only <span style="color:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-style:italic">with</span> God from the beginning, but</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman""><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> indeed <span style="color:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-style:italic">was</span> God.</b></span><br><br>Whenever
we use words, we express something of ourselves. For example, as I type
these words, I’m telling you what I know about the prologue to the
Johannine Gospel; when you speak to a friend, you’re telling him or her
how you feel or what you’re afraid of; when an umpire shouts out a call,
he’s communicating how he has assessed a play.<br><br>But </span></b></b></b></b></b></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman"">God, the
sheer act of Being itself, the perfect
Creator of the universe, is able utterly to speak himself in one great
Word, a Word that does not simply contain an aspect of his being but
rather the whole of his being.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman""> This is why we say that <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>the Word is "God
from God, Light from Light, true God from true God"—</b></span>and this is why <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>St.
John says that the Word was God.</b></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><b>Reflect: "And the Word became
flesh." Once you believe Jesus is fully God and fully man, your
worldview is changed and you must choose to follow or to reject him. How
can you spread this Christmas message, and help people choose to follow
Christ?</b></i></span><br></span></b></b></b></b></b></b>
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