After all, John is the only saint besides the Blessed Virgin Mary whose birth we ... coming of the Lord (Luke 1:17). Indeed, it is for these reasons that we revere John the Baptist as the last ...

Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John ... 1:11). In Luke’s Gospel, the angel tells Zechariah, “He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth ...

This special week marks the celebration of the birth of John the Baptist. The names we are given is something we did not choose yet, somehow, we seem to embody its meaning and happily respond to ...

Isaiah 49, 1-6; Acts 13, 22-26; Luke 1, 57-66.80. John the Baptist’s birth is eventful enough to break the normal cycle of the ordinary Sundays. We may think the Baptist was special because he ...

The birth of John was miraculous: Luke tells us his parents were beyond the age of having children; Elizabeth, John’s mother, was sterile. Still miraculously, John leaped in his mother’s womb ...

Tomorrow we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist. St Luke tells us how his birth brought great joy to his parents, Elizabeth and Zechariah, and all the neighbours and relatives were overwhelmed ...

Luke 1:41–42 ... Elizabeth gave birth to her son. All neighbors and relatives were delighted over her wondrous blessing. However, they were confused over the chosen name of John, wondering ...

What follows is a brief paraphrase of John the Baptist’s conception ... “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus” (Luke 1:26-38). Yes, Mary was perplexed ...