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[No amount of darkness can overcome a glimmer of light
but a glimmer of light can overcome all darkness!]
"In the Beginning was the Word
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things came to be,
not one thing had its being but through him.
All that came to be had life in him
and that Life was the light of men,
a light that shines in the dark,
a light that darkness could not overpower" [John 1:1-5]
"A man came sent by God.
His name was John.
He came as a witness,
as a witness to speak for the light,
so that everyone might believe through him,
He was not the light,
only a witness to speak for the light." [John 1:6-8]
The Word was the true light
that enlightens all men;
and he was coming into the world.
He was in the world
that had its being through him,
and the world did not know him.
He came to his own domain
and his own people did not accept him.
But to all who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to all who who believe in the name of him
who was born not out of human stock
or urge of the flesh
or the will of man
but of God himself.
The Word was made flesh,
he lived among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory that is his as the only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth." [John 1: 9-14]
Note: Scripture passages are from the Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York,
