Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. John Paul II
John the Baptist Preaching,Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1732-3 Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John (1:19-28) 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, that [...]