Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. John Chrysostom
St. John the Baptist Preaching, Mattia Preti, ca. 1665 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to John, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, [...]