Bible Corner

Today’s Gospel is taken from Chapter 1 of St John. It contains the verses from,that chapter that look at John rather than Jesus. It highlights for us the link John is between the Old and the new testament through the reaction of those who question him and allows us see that John is well aware of his role, ‘I am not the Christ’, ‘I am as Isaiah prophesied, a voice that cries in the wilderness: Make a straight way for the Lord’