Verbo (Christmas 2020) by Tom Ward
Today’s Gospel of John has always been one of my favorites. As a boy, it thrilled me with an air of mystery and even magic – especially when intoned near the end of a Festival of Lessons and Carols or in a darkened church at Midnight Mass. I liked it way more than Luke’s cute and sweet story about the Holy Family bedding down in a manger, attended by angels, shepherds and kings. I used to wonder, what is The Word?