December 17 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.61:1-2,10-11; Lk.1:46-50,53-54; 1Thes.5:16-24; Jn.1:6-8,19-28) "A man named John was sent from God." Here is the one of whom the prophet speaks, and who can rightly proclaim the words inscribed by Isaiah: "The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me." Here is he who has come "to announce a year of favor from the Lord and a day of vindication by our God." The Spirit is upon him and he speaks of the coming Messiah. He has been sent by God to "testify to the light." But who heeds his proclamation? Who is able to hear this voice crying and find the joy of the path…
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