Responsorial Psalm
R. (3c) All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
his right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
Second Reading
Brothers and sisters: In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our
ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he has spoken to us through the
Son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe,
who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all
things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he took
his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high, as far superior to the angels as the
name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
For to which of the angels did God ever say: You are my son; this day I have begotten
you? Or again: I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me? And again, when
he leads the firstborn into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God worship him.
Gospel
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.
Or
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. 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.
