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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...