The Baptist’s question from prison speaks to his prophet’s faith: the one for whom John is waiting is no less than the Christ of God, whom he believes will clearly identify himself. That is a justifiable position. All through his life with his own parents and then in the wilderness as hermit and master of disciples, John has been expecting the Christ. His natural gifts and the Holy Spirit’s presence in his life have led him to this crucial point: this may be the Christ. John’
The year 1971 saw the group The New Seekers release their hit “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)”. The song paints a lovely picture of a home for the whole world, furnished with love. In the garden are “apple trees and honeybees and snow-white turtle doves.” Everyone stands hand-in-hand, singing a song of peace that echoes through the hills and throughout the land. The song would be easy to dismiss as a saccharine earworm that betrays its origins as a
As always at the beginning of Advent we anticipate the Lord Jesus both in his coming as man at the first Christmas, and at the end of time as the mysterious Son of Man. The first understanding is the one which is most familiar to us—we are awaiting the birth of the child in Bethlehem; it’s all cute, there are farmyard animals, simple shepherds, angels dashing all over the place, and finally the visit of the wise men from the East—it ‘s all nice—kids act it out at Mass and e
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