So John the Baptist draws the attention of his disciples (probably John the Evangelist, among them) to the One who approaches. “Behold,” he says, “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of ...

He presented Jesus as the Lamb of God and the Light of the World (John 1: 8, 29). His followers had to confess their sins before baptism (Matthew 3:7, 9). John the Baptist was strange because he ...

The depiction of John the Baptist’s birth is steeped in similar language: He is depicted as a new Elijah upon whom God’s hand rests and who has been called from birth to prepare God’s people ...

This advent, look to John the Baptist as a model for Christian life today. ... On the next day, seeing Jesus, he proclaims him the Lamb of God and announces that he, John, ...

John the Baptist rejects this sense of entitlement, “Do not say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones” (Mt ...

Vatican City, Jan 19, 2014 / 09:49 am. In his Angelus address today, Pope Francis reflected on Christ as the "Lamb of God," focusing on the need for Christians to be welcoming and to live an ...