December 31, 2014
The 7th Day in the Octave of Christmas
1ST Reading: 1John 2:18-21.
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 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.'” (…)
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life
Experience)
Love, while still a word on the lips amounts to nothing until it moves the speaker to action. Say love a thousand times and people will hardly understand because you sound like saying “blah, blah, blah!” But when you act on that love, you don’t even have to say anything. Everyone will understand even those who are dumb.
We never understood God’s love until the Word was made flesh. St. Peter Chrysologus once preached that “If God had borrowed an angel’s form from heaven he would have remained just as invisible”. Through incarnation God’s love became credible to humanity.
If we want to become credible witnesses, let’s put flesh to what we believe. I would like to borrow ideas from our Philippine Intellectual Property laws related to patents, trademarks and copyrights. Mere mental conceptions have no value worth an iota of legal protection. Only when such creations of the mind are put to tangible forms do they qualify for patent, copyright, etc.
Similarly, belief in God amounts to nothing until translated to good works. Until we can present such value, we do not stand credible to the people we evangelize. They see us preaching yet they hear nothing but “blah, blah, blah”. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM . Email:[email protected]. Website: www.frdan.org.
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