QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE BIRTHDAY OF SJB
· SJB has two feast days: June 24 – Birthday & August 29 – Death
· SJB is the only saint other than Jesus and Mary to have the Church celebrate both birthday and death
· SJB is the only saint to have an account of both birth and death in the Gospel
· SJB birth was foretold by Angel Gabriel (like Jesus) to Zachary, a priest in the Temple of Jerusalem, that his wife, Elizabeth would bear a child, even at her old age
· SJB first met Jesus in his mother’s womb at Mary’s visitation
· SJB is often described as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the bright between Judaism and Christianity.
· SJB is the cousin and the forerunner of Our Lord Jesus
COME TO THE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 21-22, 2008
TO CELEBRATE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST’s BIRTHDAY!
· SJB has two feast days: June 24 – Birthday & August 29 – Death
· SJB is the only saint other than Jesus and Mary to have the Church celebrate both birthday and death
· SJB is the only saint to have an account of both birth and death in the Gospel
· SJB birth was foretold by Angel Gabriel (like Jesus) to Zachary, a priest in the Temple of Jerusalem, that his wife, Elizabeth would bear a child, even at her old age
· SJB first met Jesus in his mother’s womb at Mary’s visitation
· SJB is often described as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the bright between Judaism and Christianity.
· SJB is the cousin and the forerunner of Our Lord Jesus
COME TO THE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 21-22, 2008
TO CELEBRATE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST’s BIRTHDAY!
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