The Passion of John the Baptist Maurice Timothy Reidy August 26, 2022 Saint John the Baptist statue on Charles Bridge Karluv Most over Vltava river with Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral in ...

Tradition holds that today St. John the Baptist was beheaded. Today, we mark his martyrdom. The account of his murder is today’s Gospel: Mark 6:17-29.

Today is the memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, the apocalyptic preacher who proclaims the coming of the Messiah and baptizes Jesus (Mk 1:9-11), marking the start of Christ’s ...

On the day marking the Passion of St. John the Baptist, the faithful forerunner of Jesus, let us pray for his intercession, that we too will have the courage and grace to uphold the truth, no ...

The Passion of John the Baptist Pencil Preaching for Thursday, August 29, 2019. Spirituality. Pencil Preaching. by Pat Marrin. View Author Profile [email protected]. Join the Conversation.

John the Baptist was raised up by God and given the spirit and power of Elijah. He only knew truth and its power. Saint John would be a man only for God and is hailed as the last of the Old ...