Introit (Psalm 98:1)
“Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done marvelous things.”
Meditation
Christmas Day does not whisper; it sings. Psalm 98 calls the whole earth to lift its voice because God has acted openly and decisively for salvation. What prophets longed to see is now revealed. Isaiah announces good news carried on human feet, not as rumor or hope deferred, but as accomplished fact: the LORD reigns. His holy arm is bared before the nations, and salvation is no longer hidden.
Hebrews draws the line clearly from promise to fulfillment. God once spoke through many voices, at many times, but now He speaks by His Son. This Son is no messenger borrowed for a moment. He is the radiance of God’s glory, the exact imprint of His nature, the One through whom all things were made and by whom all things are upheld. Christmas Day proclaims not only that God has spoken, but that God Himself has come.
John’s Gospel presses us even deeper. The Word who was with God and was God has entered His own creation. The eternal does not discard time; He enters it. The Word becomes flesh and dwells among us, pitching His tent in the midst of human weakness. Glory is no longer distant. Grace and truth are no longer abstract. They are seen, heard, touched, and received.
Christmas Day is the feast of clarity. God is not silent. God is not distant. God is not hidden behind riddles. In the child born of Mary, the Word stands before us, full of grace and truth. Let the earth rejoice. Let the heavens resound. Salvation has come, and the King reigns.
Old Testament Reading (Isaiah 52:7–10)
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news…”
Epistle (Hebrews 1:1–6)
“In these last days he has spoken to us by his Son…”
Gospel (John 1:1–14)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…”
Collect
Almighty God, who on this day has revealed the fullness of Your glory in the incarnation of Your eternal Word, grant that we who rejoice in the light of His appearing may receive Him in faith, confess Him in truth, and live in the joy of His salvation; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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