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St. John the Baptist: Called by the Father, Filled With the Spirit, Proclaiming the Son, by Carl E. Olson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Detail from “The Preaching of St John the Baptist” (c. 1690) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639–1709) [Wikipedia Commons]

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report, June 24, 2026

Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be “Left Behind”?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the “Catholicism” and “Priest Prophet King” Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. …

(This “Opening the Word” column originally appeared in the June 24, 2007, issue of Our Sunday Visitor newspaper.)

On the Readings for June 24, 2026, The Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Readings:
• Is 49:1-6
• Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15
• Acts 13:22-26
• Lk 1:57-66, 80

The birth of a child is a momentous occasion, filled with joy, hope, and, yes, some apprehension. It is also a time of transition; it breaks time into “before” and “after,” and brings every sort of change into the lives of parents, family, and friends.

The Church, in the course of the liturgical year, celebrates the birth of three people, related by blood, bound together by the work of the Holy Spirit, and united in bringing about the greatest “before” and “after” in the history of the world. …

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