Tuesday, 06/24/2025 - All Day

Saints Day

"Traditional Catholic Church"

Today the Traditional Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of, Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. He could not have had any greater panegyrist than Jesus Christ Himself, who said: "There hath not risen, among them that are born of women [in the natural manner], a greater than John the Baptist" (Matthew XI, 11). The Lord made him great, even from his mother's womb, by causing his birth to be foretold by an Angel, by giving him his name, and by sanctifying him while yet in his mother's womb through the presence of Christ. The day of death of other saints is kept as their feast, and in the case of Saint John the Baptist the day of his birth is celebrated, as having taken place amidst the outpouring of the gifts of the Paraclete, "Holy Ghost". The feast is celebrated with great liturgical splendor, the stational Mass was celebrated in the Basilica of the Saviour. This grandeur of early devotion to John the Baptist need cause no one to wonder, if we realize the eminent position which Saint John holds in the history of the Incarnation. His seal of canonization is seen in the eulogy addressed to him by the word of God Himself made man, when He pointed him out to the people as the greatest among all the prophets, and among all those born of women, the new Elias, the burning and shining light.

Many churches and oratories were dedicated to him; at one time three Masses were celebrated in his honor. When Pope Benedict XIV examined the question of the precedence over Saint Joseph given to Saint John in the Litany of Saints, it was not considered opportune to decide how the passage in the Gospel (Matthew 11, 11) "among those born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than Saint John the Baptist," was to be understood. Now that devotion to Saint Joseph has thrown so much light on his person, it is clear that the primacy accorded to Saint John is to be understood of his prophetic and Messianic mission. He surpassed in dignity and in sanctity all the patriarchs, prophets and saints who announce and prepare the way for the New Testament. Saint Joseph belongs to another period, He enters into the divine plan, not as a prophet, but as part of the plan of the Incarnation itself. He introduces and present Jesus with all honor to the world as the heir of the Messianic promises. Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph have transcendent dignity; this in no way detracts from the glory of Saint John whose praise is sung in the liturgical hymns. Our musical scale took its name(Do, re, mi) from the ascending tones of the Vesper hymn of Saint John.

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