Reflections for the Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist on Sunday
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Hereiam
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Fr says, “The coming births of both were announced by the angel”…
Actually the arrival of Christ was announced by two angels…first to Mary by the angel Gabriel, and then to the people in the Judean wilderness when the angel John proclaimed another was coming, whos’s sandals he was unworthy to untie!
Actually the arrival of Christ was announced by two angels…first to Mary by the angel Gabriel, and then to the people in the Judean wilderness when the angel John proclaimed another was coming, whos’s sandals he was unworthy to untie!
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Margaret_Ann
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Excerpt from Great Vespers with Litiya:
Today Elizabeth rejoices as she gives birth
to the end of the prophets and the beginning of the apostles,
the earthly angel and the heavenly man,
the voice of the Word, the soldier and forerunner of Christ,
who leaped for joy beforehand because of the Promised One
and who preached before the birth of the Sun of Justice.
In his old age Zechariah is amazed,
having cast aside the muteness imposed as a punishment.
As the father of the Voice, he prophesies most splendidly:
And you, O child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,
and you shall go before Him to prepare the way.
Therefore, O angel, prophet, apostle, and soldier,
forerunner, baptizer, preacher of penance, and guide,
as the voice of the light of the Word,
pray unceasingly for us who faithfully keep your memory.
Sources: Byzantine Daily Worship and Royal Doors.
Today Elizabeth rejoices as she gives birth
to the end of the prophets and the beginning of the apostles,
the earthly angel and the heavenly man,
the voice of the Word, the soldier and forerunner of Christ,
who leaped for joy beforehand because of the Promised One
and who preached before the birth of the Sun of Justice.
In his old age Zechariah is amazed,
having cast aside the muteness imposed as a punishment.
As the father of the Voice, he prophesies most splendidly:
And you, O child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,
and you shall go before Him to prepare the way.
Therefore, O angel, prophet, apostle, and soldier,
forerunner, baptizer, preacher of penance, and guide,
as the voice of the light of the Word,
pray unceasingly for us who faithfully keep your memory.
Sources: Byzantine Daily Worship and Royal Doors.
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Sipetradayni
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According to the priest in our parish:
Parents sometimes think that their kids are the ones to continue their unfulfilled dreams in life. They forget that the kid must fulfill GOD’S DREAM first. Parents must be their guide and supporter to this calling whatever vocation they may choose.
Parents sometimes think that their kids are the ones to continue their unfulfilled dreams in life. They forget that the kid must fulfill GOD’S DREAM first. Parents must be their guide and supporter to this calling whatever vocation they may choose.
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Gertabelle
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John was a human messenger, of course, and not an angel. Human messengers are called prophets, and that is what John was in his lifetime.
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