Third Sunday of Advent — Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. Augustine
St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Philippe de Champaigne, 17th c Translation of 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: [...]