A Voice in Today’s WildernessUna voz en la jungla de hoy día
Click here for daily readings Today’s Gospel passage is especially relevant as we begin a new year with resolutions and hope. In this reading we hear John’s declaration echoing the words of Isaiah, “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord.’” John the Baptist gave this declaration to the Levite priests who came from Jerusalem to Bethany to inquire about his identity. The Evangelist describes Bethany as “across the Jordan,” meaning the side nearest to Jerusalem. Throughout John’s Gospel, John the Baptist and Jesus encounter confrontation, difficulties, and even death…