Gospel Meditation: Third Sunday of Advent

The Testimony of John the Baptist (John 1:6-8, 19-28)

Let the following questions to guide you through a process of Lectio Divina:

LECTIO (Reading): What does this passage say that everyone should understand? In what ways is Jesus like light? What is it about John the Baptist that might have caused someone to think he was the Christ (Messiah), Elijah, or the Prophet? Read Isaiah 40. What does this passage say about the mission of John the Baptist? What does it say about the mission of Jesus?...