Solemnity of the Birth of St John the
Baptist
June 24
Today's Entrance Antiphon - Jn 1:6-7; Lk 1:17
A man was sent from God, whose name
was John. He came
to testify to the light, to prepare a people fit
for the Lord.
Today's Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! You, child, will be called prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his
way. Alleluia,
alleluia!
"Happy birthday of John the
Baptist. His birth is the culmination of an age, an
era, a Covenant. He is the last of the Old Testament Prophets.
His birth signals an end and a
beginning. The Book of Hebrews says By
calling this covenant “new,” [God] has made the first one obsolete; and what is
obsolete and aging will soon disappear (Hebrews 8:13). Hence John
would later say, “The bride belongs to
the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him,
and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and
it is now complete. He must increase; I must decrease. (Jn
3:29-30). Today John
the Baptist is born who will usher in the new by answering the most significant
question ever posed: "But where is the Lamb?'"
Msgr Charles
Pope
Pastor ~ Holy Comforter
- St Cyprian Parish ~ Washington, DC
“Behold the Lamb of
God
who takes away the
sins of the world.”
(St
John the Baptist is quoted at every Mass)
Prayer after Communion (Today's Mass)
Having feasted at the banquet of the heavenly Lamb,
we pray, O Lord,
that, finding joy in the nativity of Saint John the
Baptist,
your Church may know as the author of her
rebirth
the Christ whose coming John foretold.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
“I
want to show you a sun that shone more brightly than all these,
a soul that was truly free and
detached, cleaving only to the will of God. I have often
wondered who is the most mortified of the saints I know, and after some
reflection I have come to the conclusion that it was Saint John
St John the Baptist, pray for
us!
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