This post originally appeared on June 24, 2011. It goes with today’s readings so here it is again. Enjoy. 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 [...]
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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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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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Listen to the podcast. In Luke’s Gospel today we’re introduced to the adult John the Baptist. Luke quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be [...]
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