PRI Reflections on Scripture | Thursday of the 2nd Week of Advent

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Dec 11, 2025 · 5m

Gospel

Matthew 11:11-15

Jesus said to the crowds:

“Amen, I say to you,

among those born of women

there has been none greater than John the Baptist;

yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

From the days of John the Baptist until now,

the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence,

and the violent are taking it by force.

All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John.

And if you are willing to accept it,

he is Elijah, the one who is to come.

Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

Reflection

John the Baptist is the one who makes clear the corruption, and the way in which the…