No. He will be called John.

4TH WEEK OF ADVENT No. He will be called John.  We might be so used to the story of how John the Baptist was named that we forget the boldness in Elizabeth’s response to her family: No. Everyone expected that she would follow tradition and name him after his father,...

No. He will be called John.

THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (SOLEMNITY) No. He will be called John. Do you think God’s will happens automatically? If so, think again. Consider that Elizabeth’s relatives assumed her son would be named Zechariah, after his father. But Elizabeth sensed...