Thursday of Week 2 of Advent - Matt 11: 11-15

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

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Matthew 11: 11-15 - 'A greater than John the Baptist has never been seen; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 523 (in 'The Preparations of Jesus' Life') - St. John the Baptist is the Lord’s immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. “Prophet of the Most High,” John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last. He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother’s womb welcomes the coming of Christ (abbreviated)

- 719 (in 'John, precursor, prophet and baptist') - John the Baptist is “more than a prophet.” In him, the Holy Spirit concludes his speaking through the prophets. John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah. He proclaims the imminence of the consolation of Israel; he is the “voice” of the Consoler who is coming (abbreviated).

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Daily Gospel Exegesis. And today we're looking at Matthew
0:15.9	Chapter 11 verses 11 to 15. So we'll dive into the text and unpack it verse by verse to see if we can work
0:23.6	out what's the literal sense of this scripture. What was the original author trying to communicate
0:28.8	here? So Matthew 11 versus 11 to 15. Jesus spoke to the crowds. I tell you solemnly, of all the children born of women,
0:40.4	are greater than John the Baptist has never been seen.
0:44.0	Yet the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is.
0:48.6	Since John the Baptist came up to this present time,
0:52.0	the Kingdom of Heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent
0:56.2	are taking it by storm. Because it was toward John that all the prophecies of the prophets and of the
1:03.6	law were leading, and he, if you will believe me, is the Elijah who was to return. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.
1:16.6	So an interesting reading here today where Jesus is commenting on the significance of John the
1:21.3	Baptist. What's the context here? So just prior to this earlier in chapter 11, John the Baptist himself has sent his
1:29.4	disciples to investigate Jesus. And they come to Jesus, they ask him some questions, and Jesus
1:35.9	uses this opportunity to teach the crowd about John the Baptist. In the previous passage before this,
1:42.2	Jesus confirms that John the Baptist was indeed the
1:46.1	prophesied messenger who was sent to prepare the way for the Messiah.
1:50.4	And he can hear all this on the third Sunday of Advent in Year A.
1:55.0	Now, this speech is going to continue in today's reading.
1:57.3	So he's continuing to speak to the crowd about John the Baptist.
2:01.9	Of all the children born of women are greater than John the Baptist has never been seen.
2:08.5	Or he can translate this, there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist.
2:13.7	This is quite an amazing statement. Jesus here says, up to the point that he's speaking, of all the people who have ever
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