St John the Baptist is Greatest of All

 

12th December 2024

2nd Week Advent

Thursday

Isa 41:13-20

Meditation

You shall rejoice in the Lord and glory in the holy One of Israel. The God of Israel is the God of assurance. He will protect his people from all harm. Human beings fear for they are mortal and corporal. Fear causes many problems in human beings. The way to overcome life in the world and the next is to have assurance of God. If God is with us, who/what can be against us?

Today's reading speaks of God’s protection and support for humans and everything in nature. God is not one who abundances human needs. He takes care of human needs even before we ask. God created humans out of love, so he will care for them. Jesus will be born to protect and assure us that all will be well for humans.

Do we trust in the assurance of God?

Gospel: Mt 11:11-15

Meditation

St John the Baptist is Greatest of All

Jesus speaks highly of St John the Baptist. He says no one born of women is as great as St John the Baptist. Though he is the least in the kingdom of God, he stands as the greatest. He is the beginning and end of the old and new era of the kingdom of God. He is the last of the prophets who prepared the way for the coming of the Messiah.

He stands for the truth and dies a violent death. He has come to prepare the way of the Lord, and he does it with dedication and love. He was the expected Elijah. He is a model of the austerity and humility of Christian life. One may have to pay for the values one stands for. St John the Baptist is remembered as the greatest of the prophets because of his love for the mission of Christ.

Do we keep our mission as the primary purpose?

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