People in Biblical times looked at things a lot differently than we do today. Our reading from Luke’s Gospel is a good example. “When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy toward her, and they [...]
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Listen to the Podcast Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord by John the Baptist. We’ve heard the story lots of times. John’s baptizing at the river and Jesus gets in line along with everyone else. But, why? He was the Son of God. He came down from heaven and would soon go back. [...]
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Listen to the Podcast “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord.’” Do you sometimes feel like John the Baptist when he spoke these words? I know I do. We may feel like we’re living in a spiritual desert when we turn on the television [...]
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In today’s Gospel we read of the birth of John the Baptist. Isn’t it odd that when Elizabeth’s neighbors and relatives gathered on the eighth day for the baby’s circumcision that they had already chosen a name for him? My wife and I have four kids and we didn’t let our neighbors and relatives pick [...]
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