Thursday, June 24, 2004
Happy Birthday St. John the Baptist
Today is the feast of his nativity. We should be tight.
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How you know John the Baptist was Jewish
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How you know John the Baptist was Jewish
When "Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come,. . .she brought forth a son" (i, 57); and "on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary. And his mother answering, said: Not so, but he shall be called John. And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. And they made sign to his father, how he would have him called. And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered" (i, 59-63).I thought they didn't go for juniors. I guess it was different before that whole Roman invasion thing. But an excellent point none the less.
