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Testifying to the Light
John the Baptist wrestles with the expectations others have. He isn’t the one they are waiting for. But he is helping them to see.
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More John the Baptist
While figuring out what more to say about John the Baptist in Advent, we may first want to address the elephant in the living room.
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More Light—for Advent 3B
As we hear again from John the Baptist, we’re invited to explore his purpose (and ours) in light of the one who is to come again.
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Some more John
In Advent, we aren’t just preparing for the Incarnation by decorating, we are preparing ourselves by changing course.
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Standing Among Us
John the Baptist returns for Advent 3B (John 1:6-8,19-28). But do we handicap the truth by expecting honesty in response to a dishonest question? Advent 3B | John 1:6-8,19-28 Who are you? This is the question the priests and Levites were sent to ask. Sent. By whom? The Pharisees. So why are the Pharisees sending the…
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Rethink the Gospel for Advent 3B – Who are you?
Advent 3B | John 1:6-8,19-28 Two weeks in a row, the preacher gets to deal with John the Baptizer. And some of the elements sound repetitive. The quote from Isaiah, the preaching and preparing of the way, for instance. It is a subtle switch from Mark to John. And yet, while we might have the…
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The Opening Act
John the Baptizer and the new thing he creates a Homily for Advent 3B | Texts: John 1:6-8,19-28 The messiah is in the wilderness, among the people seeking repentance. He isn’t in Jerusalem with the Pharisees. He isn’t judging or obsessing over the rules. He isn’t kicking out the people who don’t follow the rules,…