He came to his own, yet his own people did not receive him; but to all who received him, he empowers to become children of God, for they believe in his name. These are born, but not by seed, or carnal desire, nor by the will of man: they are born of God.
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us; and we have seen his glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father: fullness of truth and loving-kindness.
     John bore witness to him openly, saying, “This is the one who comes after me, but he is already ahead of me, for he was before me.” From his fullness we have all received, favor upon favor. For God had given us the law through Moses, but Truth and Loving-kindness came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God-the-only-Son made him known: the one, who is in and with the Father.

REFLECTION:
READ: No one has ever seen God, but the only Son made him known.
REFLECT: As Jesus himself tells us: “Whoever sees me sees the Father” (Jn 14:9). Jesus came among us to “explain” God, to tell us what kind of God he is, i.e. a loving Father, not an angry God.
PRAY: Let us admire the Child’s utter weakness in the manger and let us ask to enter into this beautiful mystery of God’s disarming simplicity.
ACT: Today let us share with others the utter good news that “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son” (Jn 3:16)