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The Communicating Word, the Illuminating Light
Prayer
Contemporary Lectionary Prayers
Based Upon Cycle C Lectionary Gospels
Gospel Theme:
The Communicating Word, the Illuminating Light
Gospel Note:
What is usually remembered about this purest statement of the Incarnation is the Word-imagery, which it begins and ends. But the passage is a marvelously mixed metaphor, with a light-metaphor at least as important as the Word-motif. Indeed, when the author interpolates the prose section about the Baptist (vv. 6-8) into the larger hymnic framework, he keys on the illumination rather than the communication theme.
Liturgical Color:
White
Suggested Hymns:
The Communicating Word, the Illuminating Light
Gospel Note:
What is usually remembered about this purest statement of the Incarnation is the Word-imagery, which it begins and ends. But the passage is a marvelously mixed metaphor, with a light-metaphor at least as important as the Word-motif. Indeed, when the author interpolates the prose section about the Baptist (vv. 6-8) into the larger hymnic framework, he keys on the illumination rather than the communication theme.
Liturgical Color:
White
Suggested Hymns:
