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
Son Of God, Eternal Savior
Once Again My Heart Rejoices
O Sav…