John 1:1-5
A Women’s Lectionary 14
1 In the beginningA wasB the Word,C and the Word was with God,D and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All thingsE came into beingF through him, and without him not oneG thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life,H and the life was the lightI of all people.J
5 The light shinesK in the darkness,L and the darkness did not overcomeM it.
Image credit: “Screenshot of ESOcast 85” – a photo of the Milky Way by P. Horalek of ESO in 2016.