Day 1: “In the beginning was the Word”
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Opening Prayer
Glorious Saint John the Evangelist, the disciple whom Jesus loved and guardian of Our Lady, I come before you in this novena with confidence. You who knew Jesus with a unique intimacy and who brought to the world the deepest revelation of his love, intercede for me before the Lord. May I too discover that I am “the disciple whom Jesus loves.” Amen.
Meditation
John’s Gospel begins where no other Gospel begins: in the beginning, before creation, before time. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” This opening is more than sublime theology: it is the perspective of someone who spent so much time in Jesus’ company that he learned to see him with God’s eyes. John begins with neither genealogy nor history: he begins with eternal identity. He is the evangelist of depth.
Prayer of the Day
Saint John the Evangelist, who revealed to us the eternity of Christ, intercede that I may learn to see Jesus not only as a historical figure but as the eternal Word of God. May my faith go beyond the facts to the contemplation of the Mystery. May “In the beginning was the Word” resound in my heart as the unshakable foundation of all that I believe. Amen.
Our Father × 1
Hail Mary × 1
Glory Be × 1
Closing Prayer
Glorious Saint John the Evangelist, beloved disciple of Jesus and guardian of Our Lady, receive the prayers of this novena. Intercede for me before the Lord and obtain for me the graces I need. May the revelation you proclaimed, “God is love,” become the certainty that sustains my life. May I live as “the disciple whom Jesus loves.” Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
