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The Witness of John the Baptist - 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 11 p.m.

The Witness of John the Baptist: 

The opening page of the Gospel of Mark presents two amazing witnesses to the coming of Jesus.

First of all, the voice of God calls out, through the prophecy of Isaiah, promising someone who will prepare the way of the Lord. God is coming to us in "the Lord," and his messenger will go before him.

The second witness is John the Baptist who also uses images and language to tell us that the divine is entering our story: the mightier one, someone who will baptise, not with water, but with the spirit of God.

These Advent witnesses leave no doubt about the importance of the one who is about to come to us at Christmas: this man will be the Son of God.

Presented by world-renowned biblical scholar Rev. Professor Francis J. Moloney SDB AM, Audio Divina, is a Lectio-Divina styled reflection on the gospel for 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B.

Gospel Reading: Mark 1: 1-8

Gospel read by Matthew and Steph

Narrated and produced by Michael Gartland

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