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[email protected] 13th December 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOHN THE BAPTIST’S BIRTH GOSPEL READING : LUKE 1:1-25 New Testament. • When we think of how St • And that’s why the angel • The coming of John the John was conceived, it was appeared to St Mary, and not Baptist, symbolises the end of Old Testament worship, and the end of the law, and the priesthood. • And instead, his coming announces the arrival of grace and salvation, and the True Priest. • The time when the Angel appeared in the temple is important. We read in verse Today is the 1st Sunday of the 10, that Zachariah was blessed month Kiahk, and making an off ering of incense the gospel reading on this inside the temple – which is day, always tells us about the the role of a priest. announcement of John the • And so, the angel appeared Baptist’s birth, by the Angel at this moment, to proclaim Gabriel to Zachariah the priest.