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Precursor of Christ in birth and death
Today, August 29, as our Church celebrates the Memorial of the Beheading of John the Baptist, Martyr, we are invited to first read and reflect on a passage from the second letter of the apostle Paul to the Corinthians (4: 7---5:8), entitled "The power of Christ is made manifest in our sufferings". Our treasure, which follows, is from a homily by Saint Bede the Venerable, priest.
The drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist. The greatest of prophets suffered the fate of so…
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