From the very first scene of John's gospel when Jesus enters the story for the first time, he does so by coming to John the Baptist to be baptized. And when Jesus enters, John sees him coming and ...

This year, the 40-day-long Christian fast called Lent began on March 5 and will end on April 17. It seems the word ‘Lent’ ...

They needed to prepare for a greater person coming after him ... Matthew records that when Jesus asked John to baptise him, John was reluctant to do so. This could be for the following reasons ...

(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae ... t be exposed to the sun without receiving its rays, neither can you come to Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament without receiving the divine rays ...

Jesus was part of the crowd around John and was baptized by John ... and embody the mission of God’s “servant,” Israel, coming out of exile to be “a light to the nations” (i.e., everyone ...