Happy St. John the Baptist feast

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Today is the feast of St. John the Baptist. He is a great Saint and opened the way for Our Lord… Thank You Saint John the Baptist!

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IKOS from Byzantine Vespers
Let us now praise the Forerunner of the Lord. Elizabeth gave birth to him from a
barren womb, but not without seed, for Christ alone passed through the impassable gate
without seed. Elizabeth, the barren one, gave birth to John, but not without a father.
The pure Virgin, however, by the overshadowing of the Father and the Spirit of God,
gave birth to Jesus. And John, who was born from a barren one, manifested himself to
be a prophet, a preacher, and also the forerunner of the One born without seed.
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although this is not the feast of his beheading, I always laugh and remembeer the day, saying that I, too, was beheaded…, 😜
 
St John the Baptist, born without original sin, pray for us!
 

In the Philippines they have a tradition to throw water on people. Even though it is not the Baptism of St. John, that’s the fun thing they do to each other on this date.

“The yearly tradition commemorates the feast day of the city’s patron saint, St. John the Baptist, and involves residents throwing buckets of water at each other and at passing motorists.”
 
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Dan_Defender said:
St John the Baptist, born without original sin, pray for us!
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the Church has never proclaimed that St John the Baptist was born without original sin. But has never contradicted it either…
 
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