John the Baptist is a mysterious figure in the New ... He writes: In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. . . the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness ...

Like John the Baptist, Advent is out of phase with its ... I want to see some changed behavior!” The Greek word metanoia means to turn around, to reorient oneself in another direction.

Pope Benedict XVI said the feast of St. John the Baptist “reminds us that our life is entirely and always ‘relative’ to Christ and is fulfilled by accepting him, the Word, the Light and the ...