Reading 1 Is 52:7-10
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings glad tidings,
announcing peace, bearing good news,
announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,
"Your God is King!"
Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry,
together they shout for joy,
for they see directly, before their eyes,
the LORD restoring Zion.
Break out together in song,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the LORD comforts His people,
He redeems Jerusalem.
The LORD has bared His holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will behold
the salvation of our God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
R. (3c)All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done wondrous deeds;
his right hand has won victory for him,
his holy arm.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
break into song; sing praise.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Sing praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
sing joyfully before the King, the LORD.
R. All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.
Reading 2 Heb 1:1-6
Brothers and sisters:
In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways
to our ancestors through the prophets;
in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son,
whom he made heir of all things
and through whom he created the universe,
who is the refulgence of his glory,
the very imprint of his being,
and who sustains all things by his mighty word.
When he had accomplished purification from sins,
he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
as far superior to the angels
as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
For to which of the angels did God ever say:
"You are My Son; this day I have begotten you?
Or again:
I will be a Father to Him, and He shall be a Son to Me?"
And again, when He leads the Firstborn into the world, He says:
"Let all the angels of God worship Him."
Gospel Jn 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
and this life was the light of the human race;
the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.
A man named John was sent from God.
He came for testimony, to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
but came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
but his own people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of God,
to those who believe in his name,
who were born not by natural generation
nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision
but of God.
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.
John testified to him and cried out, saying,
"This was he of whom I said,
‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.’"
From his fullness we have all received,
grace in place of grace,
because while the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God.
The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side,
has revealed him.
Catholic Fundamentalism Interpretation:
The Creation Program, down to the rocks, are aware of the beauty of The Program. He has come to bring good news, announcing reconciliation of different human programs with The Loving Programmer and The Program through The Holy Wireless Connector. He announces that our souls, the very essences of our human programs, may be joined forever with The Loving Programmer, and tells those who believe, "The Loving Programmer is the ultimate ruler of all that He has programmed."
The most faithful of the prophets and holy cry out with joy because they have seen His coming. They see that The Loving Programmer is restoring the programs of the believers.
Break out in song, you who are separated from Him, even though you are in His city.
The Loving Programmer downloads all that you need for comfort. He restores Jerusalem.
(Now) The Loving Programmer has downloaded The Program in Human Form, Jesus Christ, so that every human program in every nation can see His Power (if they choose to do so). Everyone (who chooses to?) will see The Loving Programmer’s ability to let the human programs who choose to believe and obey be joined with Him forever.
R. All have seen The Loving Programmer’s power to save their souls from damnation.
Sing to The Loving Programmer a new song that recognizes His power to program and download wondrous things and happenings; His download of The Creation Program in Human Form (Jesus Christ) has brought Him victory.
R. All have seen The Loving Programmer’s power to save their souls from damnation.
The Loving Programmer has shown His power to save the human programs from their bad choices, and He has done so openly so all could see. He has again shown His kindness and faithfulness toward the Israelites.
R. All have seen The Loving Programmer’s power to save their souls from damnation.
Every human being has seen His power to save, portrayed in the Crucified Christ, The Unerasable Program.
Sing with joy to The Loving Programmer, even all you inanimate objects. Break into song, praise Him.
R. All have seen The Loving Programmer’s power to save their souls from damnation.
Sing The Loving Programmer’s praise with your own, musical programs, tuned instruments accompanied by your joyful voices, reflecting, however crudely, His power in the mathematical relationship of words and notes.
R. All have seen The Loving Programmer’s power to save their souls from damnation.
Brothers and sisters, in the past, The Loving Programmer gave the prophets information about His future download. In these, the last days of The Creation Program, He has spoken to us through His Son, The Creation Program. It (He) took perfect, obedient, human form and came among us. It is He through Whom He downloaded The Creation Program, filled with His (The Loving Programmer’s) Glory. The Program is the very imprint (in at least three dimensions) of The Loving Programmer. It is The Program Who keeps The Creation Program running by His powerful verbal commands. When The Program showed that He was impervious to the corruption of sin, He took His seat at the right hand of The Loving Programmer above, as far superior to the powerful Angelic Programming Assistants as the name He inherited is more excellent than theirs. (The power of The Word is greater than the power of those programmed to speak and obey it)
To which of His Programming Assistants did The Loving Programmer ever say: "You are My Son (The Very Summing Up of The Creation Program, this day, I have created and downloaded You?
Or, again, "I, The Loving Programmer, will be (like) a Father to Him, The Creation Program, and He shall be a Son to Me?"
And again, when He leads The Personification of The Creation Program into The Creation Program, He says, ‘Let all God’s Programming Assistants worship Him."
In the beginning was The Loving Programmer. He wrote The Creation Program. It was so much a Part of Him that The Program was The Programmer.
The Program was there in the beginning, with The Programmer. All things came to be through The Program, and nothing was downloaded without Him.
He was the compilation of the smaller programs into The Human Program and all its permutations. And, He was, Himself, the light of the human programs. The Program is light in darkness (organization in chaos), and the chaos viruses have not overcome it.
The Loving Programmer sent a man named John to tell the human programs that The Light was about to come among them (and let them see the truth about Programmer, Program, and Holy Wireless Connector). He was not The Program, but came to swear that The Program was real and that He was coming to earth in perfect, obedient, human form.
He would let everyone (who chose to do so) be enlightened (and see Truth in Human Form). (Actually,) He was already in the world, the same part of The Creation Program that He had downloaded into being. But, (many of) the human programs didn’t recognize Him for Who He was. He came to His earthly relatives, but even (many of) them didn’t accept Him.
But, to those who did download The Truth about Him, He gave the ability to erase their errors and join directly with The Loving Programmer. Those who believe in His Name are not ordinary, simply biological creatures, nor did they choose to download The Truth on their own, but because The Loving Programmer wanted them, individually, to do so.
And, The Loving Programmer’s Word was downloaded in perfect, obedient human form and came to live among us on earth. And, we saw His Glory, the Glory of The Loving Programmer’s Only Program, full of grace and truth.
John testified to Him, and cried out "This was He of Whom I said, ‘The One Who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because He existed before me.’"
From His fullness, we (who believe and obey) have all received divine grace instead of human grace. While the law was given through Moses, a much closer relationship between we programmed beings and The Loving Programmer came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen The Loving Programmer. His only Son, His beloved Program, has revealed Him to us by coming among us in perfect, obedient, human form before Ascending to be with The Loving Programmer.
