By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - On the eve of the Incarnation, St. John the Evangelist summarizes the prophecy of Isaiah: “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 was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.” (Jn. 1-4)... God created man in His image and likeness. Male and female, He created them. He bid them to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.