For 2 January 2012, Sts. Basil and Gregory, based on John 1:19-28
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?†He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.†And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?†He said, “I am not.†“Are you the prophet?†He answered, “No.†Then they said to him, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?†He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’†as the prophet Isaiah said. Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?†John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.†This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Thomas McCarthy, OP
Thomas McCarthy was born in 1953, and took the habit of the Order of Preachers in 1971. After post-graduate studies in Rome, after his priestly ordination, he taught theology (patristics and dogmatic theology) in the House of Studies of the Irish Province of the Order, as well as at Milltown Park in Dublin. From 1996 to 2002 he served as Secretary General of the Order, residing in Santa Sabina in Rome and serving first with Timothy Radcliffe and then Carlos Azpiroz Costa. After a sabbatical year, Thomas worked with Dominican Publications from 2003 to 2016, editing Religious Life Review. He served then as prior in the Irish Dominican priory in Rome, San Clemente, and now resides in the priory in his home city, Galway, where he assists in the chaplaincy work at the University. Thomas has directed choirs in different places and has worked since 1986 with RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, as commentator and translator for Papal events (notably at Christmas and Easter) and for broadcasts from different European cities of Eucharist on major occasions.
2 Jan 2012
Basil and Gregory
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This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?†He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.†And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?†He said, “I am not.†“Are you the prophet?†He answered, “No.†Then they said to him, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?†He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’†as the prophet Isaiah said. Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?†John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.†This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Thomas McCarthy, OP
Thomas McCarthy was born in 1953, and took the habit of the Order of Preachers in 1971. After post-graduate studies in Rome, after his priestly ordination, he taught theology (patristics and dogmatic theology) in the House of Studies of the Irish Province of the Order, as well as at Milltown Park in Dublin. From 1996 to 2002 he served as Secretary General of the Order, residing in Santa Sabina in Rome and serving first with Timothy Radcliffe and then Carlos Azpiroz Costa. After a sabbatical year, Thomas worked with Dominican Publications from 2003 to 2016, editing Religious Life Review. He served then as prior in the Irish Dominican priory in Rome, San Clemente, and now resides in the priory in his home city, Galway, where he assists in the chaplaincy work at the University. Thomas has directed choirs in different places and has worked since 1986 with RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, as commentator and translator for Papal events (notably at Christmas and Easter) and for broadcasts from different European cities of Eucharist on major occasions.