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Who Was John the Baptist?
It's really impossible to grasp the significance of Jesus without passing through the cleansing bath of John the Baptist. He provides a lens through which Jesus is properly interpreted.
John, Matthew tells us, made his appearance as a preacher in the desert of Judea. Deserts are places of simplicity and poverty, places where distractions and attachments are eliminated - and hence where the voice of God can be heard. Wealth, pleasure, power, honour - and all of their avatars and priests - are shouting at us, luring us, tempting us. But what is God saying? We have to go to these silent and deserted places in order to hear.
What's the first word out of the prophet's mouth? "Repent." This might be a dirty word to many people today, but it cuts to the heart of every one of us, precisely because we all know that our lives are not where they are supposed to be. We have all fallen short of the glory of God; we have all fallen into patterns of self-absorption and addiction. So let us hear John's word today: "Repent.“ It's a command to turn around, to start moving in a new direction.
The Word on Fire Bible Bishop Robert Barron

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