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Birth of John the Baptist, 24 June 2015  

Mass Intro. Fr. Mark   

Today we
celebrate the birth of John the Baptist.
Whenever family and friends gather at the birth and baptism of a child,
the thought is not far away: 'What will this child turn out to be?'  It is as much a prayer as a question: a prayer
that the little one, like John the Baptist, will grow up to be a witness to
Christ and a messenger and a true light of his gospel to others*.

We were that child once.  We need the
Christ that John the Baptist witnessed to and to become witnesses to him
ourselves.

1.        Lord Jesus, you are the One whom all
Israel awaited

            and whom John the Baptist
announced.

2.        Christ Jesus, you are the
Saviour of the World.

3.        Lord Jesus, you are our hope of
new life and resurrection.

Conclusion
to Pr of Faithful

Loving Father, you heard the prayer of Elizabeth and Zachary and gave them the
birth of a son.  Hear our prayers that
our lives may become a sign of joy and hope for the world, through Christ our
Lord**.

COMMENT:  

   We had, below, the National Gallery,  Video of the Infancy of John the Baptist.
The contact kept evading me.
So we have the screen copies, and even the more powerful revealing SUBTITLES.   
All a demonstration...     
2nd COMMENT:

Learning hear about Domenico Cavalca who wrote a life of John the Baptist, points for further search!

 

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Published on 24 Jun 2014

The Bible reveals very little about the childhood of John the Baptist. In the 14th century however, a Dominican friar called Domenico Cavalca wrote a biography of the saint that filled in the gaps. This work's popularity inspired Italian Renaissance artists to represent new episodes from his life and to show the infant Baptist in the company of the Christ Child.

Art historian Jennifer Sliwka and theologian Ben Quash look at Leonardo da Vinci's, 'The Virgin of the Rocks', about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8, Bronzino's 'The Madonna and Child with Saints', probably about 1540 and Garofolo's 'The Holy Family with Saints', about 1520

'John the Baptist: From Birth to Beheading' is a series of 10 films sharing the highlights of the collaborative MA course taught by Dr Jennifer Sliwka, Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery and Professor Ben Quash, Director of the Centre for Arts and the Sacred, King's College London.

    


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Domenico Cavalca wrote a life of John the Baptist