From John 1:1-14

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The Word was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through the Word, without whom not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4in the Word was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

10The light was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of a man, but of God.

14And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.

Psalm 98
1Sing a new song to the LORD, who has done | marvelous things,
whose right hand and holy arm have | won the victory.
2O Lord, you have made | known your victory,
you have revealed your righteousness in the sight | of the nations.
3You remember your steadfast love and faithfulness to the | house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen the victory | of our God.
4Shout with joy to the LORD, | all you lands;
lift up your voice, re- | joice, and sing.
5Sing to the LORD | with the harp,
with the harp and the | voice of song.
6With trumpets and the sound | of the horn
shout with joy before the | king, the LORD.
7Let the sea roar, and | all that fills it,
the world and those who | dwell therein.
8Let the rivers | clap their hands,
and let the hills ring out with joy before the LORD, who comes to | judge the earth.
9The LORD will judge the | world with righteousness
and the peo- | ples with equity.

From Hebrews 1

From Hebrews 1
1Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2but in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son, whom God appointed heir of all things, through whom God also created the worlds. 3He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5For to which of the angels did God ever say,
 “You are my Son; today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
 “I will be his Father,
  and he will be my Son”?
6And again, when the Lord brings the firstborn into the world, God says,
 “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
7Of the angels God says,
 “They make their angels winds,
  and their servants flames of fire.”
8But of the Son, God says,
 “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
  and the righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.
 9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
 therefore God, your God, has anointed you
  with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
10And,
 “In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
  and the heavens are the work of your hands;
 11they will perish, but you remain;
  they will all wear out like clothing;
 12like a cloak you will roll them up,
  and like clothing they will be changed.
 But you are the same,
  and your years will never end.”