Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John” (Luke 1:13). And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed ...

Why does Luke begin his story of Jesus with the conception and birth of John? Cartainly, later in life John defended with his total person the God he adored and served. But more to the point for ...

23, Feast of the Conception of John the Baptist). The announcement of the Archangel Gabriel in the Temple, announced later to all living nearby by Zacharias, in the magnificent hymn, which he sang ...

St. John the Baptist was, of course, a key figure announcing the Advent of Jesus. He accompanies us through much of Advent. But his coming into and his leaving this world — his conception and ...

St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy. In fact, the Nativity of ...

Catholic churches worldwide noted August 29 as the day of the beheading of John the Baptist, but the mental picture of John is never his death nor his imprisonment. Rather believers always ...

Reflecting upon the life of St. John the Baptist, Pope Benedict observed that since his conception the prophet’s existence was underpinned by prayer, beginning with his father Zechariah’s song ...

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 ...