John the Baptist’s role in John’s Gospel is to be a witness and to give testimony. In the Prologue to the Gospel, we hear: “He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the...
Today as we celebrate a New Year, we look to Mary, the servant of the Lord and the Mother of God. Mary was part of God’s eternal plan which comes to fulfillment in the fullness of time as Paul describes it in today’s second reading: “When the fullness of time had...