24 June 2024 -Solennity of Saint John the Baptist
Is 49, 1-6; Acts 13, 22-26; Luke 1, 57---80
Homily
Traditional iconography often shows us a stern, shaggy John the Baptist with a rather off-putting appearance. Such a presentation can obviously be inspired by a few passages in the Gospels reminding us of his preaching and his calls to conversion and penance. And yet, the theme that recurs again and again in the accounts of his birth is that of joy.