LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 23, 2022 | Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist has two feasts to himself. One, in August, celebrates his death, and one, in June, celebrates his birth. And this is as it should be, for as Christ himself said, John was the greatest of the sons of men.
The greatest, but also the most tragic. A prophet from before his birth, leaping in the womb to announce the coming of the incarnate God, his task was to proclaim the fulfilment of all prophecies – and thus his own obsolescence. And he did it: with unequalled courage he spread the news that he, the greatest of all men, was the least in the kingdom of heaven.
St. John the Baptist, pray for us.
Full-text to Thursday's Morning Prayer is available at ibreviary.com
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