Sunday, December 10, 2017

Quote of the Day (Gospel of Mark, on John the Baptist)



“John the Baptist was in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. All Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem made their way to him, and as they were baptized by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins. John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived on locusts and wild honey. In the course of his preaching he said, ‘After me is coming someone who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’”—Mark 1: 4-8 (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition)

The image accompanying this post is a painting created between 1550 and 1555 by the Italian Renaissance master Titian (1488-1576).

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