Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him ...

Centuries before Jesus was born, Jewish prophets had foretold his coming. During Holy Week, many of the prophecies made about the Messiah are fulfilled.

This Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Lent 5 in Year C takes a break from our reading of Luke's gospel to focus on the ...

Palm Sunday is fast approaching. Between it and Easter, Jesus is asked several times if he was the Messiah? In Luke 7:18-23, two disciples of John the Baptist come to ...

John the Baptist is patron saint of (among other things ... Perhaps you’ve heard that John is the guy we all have to go through in order to meet Jesus. He’s the forerunner, the precursor, the cold ...

In the first reading today, Moses intervenes to save his “stiff-necked” people from a wrathful God, furious because of the ...

The deafening clang of hammer on metal echoes through the cavernous sanctuary at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. The ...

That is a fine model for anyone at any age. Practically, Luke 3 indicates that Jesus listened to John the Baptist, who reminded Jesus of the prominence of Isaiah in Judaism. John urgently taught ...

For the 39th year parishioners at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church will hold a live Stations of the Cross on Sunday, April 13, at 7p.m. The group, though, held a dress rehearsal Tuesday night in ...

Our knowledge of the figure of John the Baptist is very limited. We have only those references to him in the Christian gospels, where he stands alongside of Jesus. We also have references to him ...