17 - 23 December 2023
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17 - 23 December 2023
How John responds to searching questions
John 1.6-28Religious leaders are dispatched to question John the Baptist as to his identity, wondering if he might be the Messiah. John repeatedly answers in the negative, but leaves them with an intriguing possibility that the Messiah is among them – but they don’t realise it yet.
As with last week’s Gospel reading, the focus is on John. Who was he and what on earth was he doing? However, rather than take the moment for himself, John turns the spotlight towards someone else, someone coming after him, someone he feels unworthy of, even to untie his sandals.
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Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Advent 3 Year B
Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11
Psalm 126
1 Thessalonians 5.16-24
John 1.6-28
Find more resources on these readings
- Advent 3 focused on John 1:6-8,19-28 (2020)
- Advent 3 focused on John 1.6-8,19-28 (2017)
- Advent 3 focused on John 1.6-8,19-28 (2014)
- Advent 3 focused on Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11 (2011)
- Advent 3 focused on John 1.6-8,19-28 (2008)
- Advent 3 focused on Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11 (2005)
- Advent 3 focused on John 1.6-8,19-28 (2002)