Today is Tuesday the 24th of June, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, in the 12th

week of ordinary time. The monks of Plythian Abbey sing,

Venite Philly, Audite Me.

Come, my sons and daughters, listen to me.

Come to the Lord and be enlightened, and your faces will not be put to shame.

As you enter into prayer now, can you sense that invitation from God? Can you hear those words spoken to you? And accept the welcome and that reassurance that God wants to give you.

I'll take his death Amen. Allahe

al-a-a-o-le-ha-o-le-ho. and I'm home

and he could be

a Today's reading is from the Gospel of Luke.

Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives

heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child

And they were going to name him Zechariah after his father

But his mother said

No he is to be called John

They said to her None of your relatives He is to be called John.

They said to her,

None of your relatives has this name.

Then they began motioning to his father to find out what name he wanted to give him.

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,

His name is John, and all of them were amazed.

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