The Gospel according to St. John

I'm heading up a forum study on John's gospel. Someone else suggested it and I, inexplicably, took it upon myself to get it going. It was Jesus' words in that sixth chapter that sent me hurling over the proverbial edge and headlong into the Catholic Church. I still am amazed at the changes God has made in me as His Truth has been revealed. How I could have been so blind for so long, and then to have those blinders thrown off...I was floored. Shocked. Amazed. And grateful that He chose to show little ol' me.

In Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 1, he wrote:

The Divinity of Christ.

The plainest reason why the Son of God is called the Word, seems to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the Son of God sent in order to reveal his Father's mind to the world. What the evangelist says of Christ proves that he is God. He asserts, His existence in the beginning; His coexistence with the Father. The Word was with God. All things were made by him, and not as an instrument. Without him was not any thing made that was made, from the highest angel to the meanest worm. This shows how well qualified he was for the work of our redemption and salvation. The light of reason, as well as the life of sense, is derived from him, and depends upon him. This eternal Word, this true Light shines, but the darkness comprehends it not. Let us pray without ceasing, that our eyes may be opened to behold this Light, that we may walk in it; and thus be made wise unto salvation, by faith in Jesus Christ. (Jn 1:6-14)

Lord, may our eyes be opened to behold the Light and walk in it.