Reflection for Sunday December 25 Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord Christmas Day: John 1: 1-18

Gospel: John 1:1-18

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-begotten 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-begotten Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.

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Reflection:

Have you done something to bring someone closer to the Lord? John brought people to the Lord by his way of life.  John humbly prepared the way for Jesus. John brought people closer to Jesus, John never told the people of his time to stay with him. He pointed to Jesus as the one that they should follow and not himself. 

Are you up to the task of guiding others to Jesus by your way of life? And do you have the motivation to gently speak about Jesus to your fellowmen? By simply living the life of Jesus  you can already point others to Jesus. 

Some of us may say that to share Jesus is not my job it’s for the exclusive domain of the people of the church. But no, by virtue of our baptism we have already been empowered to share whatever we can share about Jesus and our faith. But have we already shared Jesus and our faith? 

It’s not yet late to share Jesus because for as long as we live it is our duty and mission to share the Lord.   Let us not be afraid to share the Lord for He will be with us and the Holy Spirit who makes everything possible will be with us also.

Today is Christmas day and this is the most conducive day to share Jesus by giving something to those who are in need. We give not from our excess, we give from our sincere desire to share from the bottom of our hearts.

So that those who are in darkness and those who are losing hope because of the harshness of life will see the light of the Lord through our acts of goodness and generosity. – Marino J. Dasmarinas