Sermon/Homily for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) 25th December 2023
Sermon/Homily for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) 25th December 2023 Isaiah 52:7-10. Psalm 98:1,2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6. Hebrews 1:1-6. John 1:1-18. Theme: And the Word Became Flesh. The announcer of the Word could begin the presentation of the theme from the second reading that God manifested himself in stages to the people of Israel. "God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days, he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the ages" (Heb.1:1-2). We are a highly privileged generation for God to be speaking through his Son to us, whose coming into the world as man from the womb of the Blesed Virgin Mary, we are celebrating today. In today's Gospel, St. John stresses how the Incarnation of the Word has been the highest of all God's revelations. Today's Gospel tells us: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in t...