Their life in brief
Promised to Zechariah and Elizabeth, John leapt before the unborn Christ and later preached repentance beside the Jordan.
He baptized Jesus, pointed his disciples toward the Lamb of God, and was imprisoned and killed for speaking truth to power.
“He must increase; I must decrease.”
John 3:30
What John the Baptist teaches us
The faithful messenger does not gather attention for himself; he helps people recognize and follow Jesus.
Pause and reflect
01Where is God inviting me to practice humble witness today?
02Who may need the grace of this saint’s witness through my actions?
Let us pray
Saint John the Baptist, pray for me. Help me follow Jesus with humble witness and respond faithfully to the people and duties God has entrusted to me. May your witness draw me into deeper prayer, generous service, and confident hope in Christ. Amen.
Redirect one compliment, success, or conversation toward gratitude to God.