“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 were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it …The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world knew Him not.

“He came to His own home and His people did not receive Him. But to all who received Him, who believed in His name, He gave power to become children of God; who were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of the will of God.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld His glory, glory as of the only-begotten Son from the Father … And from His fullness have we all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came to us through Jesus Christ.

“No one has ever seen God; but the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who is in the bosom of the Father, has made the Father known to us.” John 1: 1-5, 9-14, 16-18

And so we pray — Beloved Father, thank you for Your boundless love. Thank you for sending your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to help us to see and fully receive the grace and truth of your Holy Commandments, which are meant to help us to live in goodness and in peace. Dearest Jesus, our Savior and Light, thank you for Your boundless mercy and for coming to dwell among us. You are the ONLY Way, the ONLY Truth, and the ONLY Life — the ONLY way home to the Father and to an eternal life filled with boundless love and joy and peace. Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts and minds and souls with the humility and desire to seek Jesus out every day, multiple times a day, so that we may be strengthened and made holy through His boundless love and counted among His flock. Amen.

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes (1886-1896), which is part of James Tissot’s “The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ” series, today hangs in Brooklyn Museum.