Daily Dialogue Question: Today’s gospel says “John the Baptist appeared in the desert; proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” Is there someone I need to forgive? HDIFAMA? The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths” John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist He fed on locusts and wild honey And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit” Mk 1:1-8 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God” Lk 3:1-6
