vangelo del giorno

Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ

Is 52,7-10; Ps 97,1-6; Heb 1,1-6; Jn 1,1-18.
25 DECEMBER

In the Prologue of the Gospel according to John, Jesus, the Word that is in beginning, that is God, that is with God, is the One through whom all that exists has been made. Of all that exists he is the light, life, grace, truth and revelation of the Father. Every man, who is in darkness and sin because of Adam’s transgression, if he wants to return into light and life, can only do it for him, accepting his grace and becoming truth in his truth, life in his life, light in the his light, adoptive sonship in his sonship through eternal generation. Salvation cannot come from John the Baptist. He is only a witness of light and truth. He is neither light nor truth. He cannot even come to Moses. He only gave the Law. Not even he is life and truth. Instead, Jesus is the light, truth, Word, revelation, life and resurrection. He is the Creator and the Saviour, the Redemption and the Life of every man that exists on earth. There are no other Redeemers, because there are no other Creators. There are no other Givers of eternal life, because only Jesus is the Incarnate Word, the Only Son of the Father who became flesh and came to dwell among us to give us grace and truth. There are no other Saviours, because every man needs to be the first to be saved and he cannot save those who need salvation. Who died cannot give life. Who is darkness cannot lead into light. Never might who is in sin free from it. Whoever does not know God might never speak of God according to truth. He gives who is and who owns. Jesus is everything and possesses everything. He is true God and leads to God. He is true man and teaches how to love man. He is the Crucifix and teaches us how to carry every cross. He is the Risen One and he reveals us how to live with true hope. He is the perfect Obedient and tells us how to obey. Christ the Lord is everything for us because He is everything for the Father.

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

If this is the divine and human truth of Jesus, might there be only one of his disciples who can question what He is in the beginning, in eternity, in relation to creation, to redemption, to salvation and to eternal life? Might there be only one Christian on earth and in the universe who can contradict, deny, annul and cancel the divine and human essence of the eternal Son of the Father? Might there be only one man who can declare one of his Word to be untrue? If Jesus is the universal Mediator and the whole Father has placed himself in his hands, if He is the only one through whom God comes to man and man goes to God, why does the Christian say that every way is good for salvation? Does not he know that he is lying and deceiving his brothers? Does not he know that he is declaring the Gospel to be false and calling the Holy Spirit a liar? Does not he know that he is saying that the Church is useless and the sacraments are useless? The Pope and the bishops are useless? His priests are useless? His martyrs are useless? His missionaries are useless? When the Christian sentences and prophesies falsehood it is the sign that sin rules his heart.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints ensure that falsehood never comes out of the mouth of the Christian.