“John the Baptist stands as prophets do to this very day,
as an unyielding presence –
unsettling us and leaving us not quite sure
of how we feel about him…..
And yet John seems hard to know, hard to like,
even though we stand back in admiration of him.
We react the same way to most absolute figures.”
Eugene Kennedy, Joy of being human

“He is the One coming after me,
the One whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”
John the Baptist – John 1.27

“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
John the Baptist – John 3:30