Merry Christmas!

The Mystical Nativity (Detail), by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1500-1501

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 were made through him, and without him was made nothing that 

   has been made. 

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 

And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness grasped it not.

There was a man, one sent from God, whose name was John. 

This man came as a witness, to bear witness concerning the light, that all might believe 

   through him. 

He was not the light, but was to bear witness to the light. 

It was the true light that enlightens every man who comes into the world. 

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not. 

He came to his own, and his own received him not. 

But to as many as received him he gave the power of becoming sons of God; to those who

   believe in his name:

Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. 

And we saw his glory—glory as of the only-begotten of the Father—full of grace and truth.  

Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas, everyone! TV