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Theo Tigno•
6/23/2009 9:42 pm
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Solemnity of St. John the Baptist |
Luke 1:57-66, 80
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 his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, "No. He will be called John." But they answered her, "There is no one among your relatives who has this name." So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for a tablet and wrote, "John is his name," and all were amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God. Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea. All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, "What, then, will this child be?" For surely the hand of the Lord was with him. The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a resolution to the conflict and violence in Iran.
Today is the Solemnity of St. John the Baptist.
A while ago, I heard a homily that stuck with me about how this day was chosen because from here, the days grow shorter. It echoed St. John the Baptist's statement "I must decrease so that He may increase." I always found that interesting.
What would happen if we were to make that statement today? Would we "decrease" the amount of time updating our status on Facebook and spend more time updating our status with God? Would we "decrease" the amount of effort put into finding out about celebrity gossip/commentary and spend more time looking at ourselves and how we appear in His eyes? Would we spend less time wrapping our dignity in our jobs and finding our dignity in Christ?
How do we need to decrease in order that Christ may increase? Take care and God Bless.
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