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    St. John The Baptist: Submitted By: Marilou P. Flores

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    John the Baptist was a contemporary of Jesus Christ known for baptizing Him. He was born through divine intervention to Zachariah and Elizabeth and recognized Jesus as the Son of God. John attracted large crowds with his preaching until he condemned King Herod's marriage, which led to his imprisonment and beheading to grant Herod's daughter's wish. His feast day is celebrated on June 24.

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    John the Baptist was a contemporary of Jesus Christ known for baptizing Him. He was born through divine intervention to Zachariah and Elizabeth and recognized Jesus as the Son of God. John attracted large crowds with his preaching until he condemned King Herod's marriage, which led to his imprisonment and beheading to grant Herod's daughter's wish. His feast day is celebrated on June 24.

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    John the Baptist was a contemporary of Jesus Christ known for baptizing Him. He was born through divine intervention to Zachariah and Elizabeth and recognized Jesus as the Son of God. John attracted large crowds with his preaching until he condemned King Herod's marriage, which led to his imprisonment and beheading to grant Herod's daughter's wish. His feast day is celebrated on June 24.

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    John the Baptist

    John the Baptist was a contemporary of Christ who was known for evangelization and his
    baptizing of Jesus Christ.
    John the Baptist was born through the intercession of God to Zachariah and Elizabeth, who
    was otherwise too old to bear children. According to scriptures, the Angel Gabriel visited Elizabeth
    and Zachariah to tell them they would have a son and that they should name him John. Zachariah
    was skeptical and for this he was rendered mute until the time his son was born and named John, in
    fulfillment of God's will.
    When Elizabeth was pregnant with John, she was visited by Mary, and John leapt in her
    womb. This revealed to Elizabeth that the child Mary carried was to be the Son of God.
    John began public ministry around 30 AD, and was known for attracting large crowds across
    the province of Judaea and around the Jordan River. When Jesus came to him to be baptized, John
    recognized him and said, "It is I who need baptism from you."
    Jesus told John to baptize Him anyway, which he did, whereupon the heavens opened, and
    the Spirit of God was seen like a dove. The voice of God spoke, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in
    whom I am well pleased."
    John instructed his followers to turn to Christ, calling Him the "Lamb of God" and these people
    were among the first Christians.
    Following his baptism of Christ, John's popularity grew so much that he alarmed King Herod.
    Herod ordered him arrested and imprisoned.
    John spoke with Herod on several occasions and condemned his marriage to his half-brother's
    wife.
    This condemnation would be his downfall as King Herod promised to grant a wish to his
    daughter. In revenge for John the Baptist's condemnation of her mother's scandalous marriage to
    Herod, she asked for John's head. King Herod reluctantly obliged. John the Baptist died sometime
    between 33 and 36 AD.
    John the Baptist's feast day is June 24, and the anniversary of his death is August 29 and is
    sometimes celebrated with a second feast. John the Baptist is the patron saint of Jordan, Puerto
    Rico, French Canada and many other places.

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    http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=152

    Submitted by:
    MARILOU P. FLORES
    BSED 1

    Submitted to:
    SR. LORENZA S. SAJUL, OP

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