St. John the Baptist

Baptism

• cleansing original sin.

Emergency Baptism

• when anyone can baptize during a life-or-death situation before a formal baptism by the church.

St. John the Baptist

• the last and greatest prophet.

St. Elizabeth

• John’s mother.

St. Zachariah

• John’s father.

St. Gabriel

• visited and talked with St. Zachariah about John’s birth.

Luke 1:13-15

• the verse of what St. Gabriel said to St. Zachariah.

Luke 1:13-15

“......Your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the Lord......”

May 31

• when Flores de Mayo is celebrated.

October

• the Rosary month.

May 31

• when Mary visited Elizabeth.

Relatives

• the relationship between Mary and Elizabeth.

Cousins

• the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

Mute

• the disability that which St. Gabriel gave to St. Zachariah as a consequence for not believing in what he said about John’s birth.

John 1:76-77

• the verse that which John spoke right after he was born.

Luke 1:76-77

“And you child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins.”

Judean Desert

• where John exercised ministry as a prophet.

Fasting

• what John experienced in the Judean desert.

Locusts and Honey

• the ingredients for John’s favorite food.

John 3:30

• “He must increase, I must decrease.” - John right before his death

Matthew 11:11

• “…none greater than John the Baptist.”