January 5, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The True Light - Part 1\n John 1:9-11\n 01\/05\/2026\n\n\n 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was\n coming into the world.\n 10 He was in the world, and the world was made\n through him, yet the world did not know him.\n 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not\n receive him. (ESV)\n\n Each Sunday, as we gather at God's invitation to receive\n from Him the gift of the forgiveness of our sins and life\n everlasting, we present to Him the prayer of the Church. Each\n week this prayer, called the Collect, builds on the truth\n presented in the readings which we hear. This last Sunday the\n Church prayed:\n Almighty God, You have poured into our hearts the true\n Light of Your incarnate Word. Grant that this Light\n may shine forth in our lives; through the same Jesus\n Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with\n You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.\n\n\n Although the Gospel reading was about Jesus being taken to\n Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod, the Collect builds on\n the truth that the Wise Men sought the infant Jesus and came to\n worship Him. Their prophetic gifts of gold, frankincense, and\n myrrh proclaimed Jesus as the King of the Jews, as true God, and\n the One who would die for the sake of all people.\n\n The Collect is drawn from the first chapter of John's\n Gospel:\n The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming\n into the world. He was in the world, and the world was\n made through him, yet the world did not know him. He\n came to his own, and his own people did not receive\n him.\n\n\n Jesus Christ is the Light of the World, the light no\n darkness can overcome. In these waning days of the Christmas\n season, and as we prepare to celebrate the Epiphany tomorrow, we\n confess our Lord Jesus Christ as both true God and true man.\n\n May our Lord grant that the true light of His grace and\n mercy shine in you for your eternal blessing. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 5, 2026 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4328,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions\/4328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}