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June 24 – He denounced the king’s adultery – St. John the Baptist On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites

Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist  – Whenever in the scriptures a name is imposed, or changed for people, by God, it is indicative of great praise and virtue. It was good that our Redeem- er’s precursor was ordered to be called John. The name John means “the grace of the Lord,” or “in whom there is grace.” He received a special grace beyond other saints, that of being Christ’s precursor, and he came to pro- claim a heretofore unheard of grace to the world, that of entry into heaven. Therefore he who was full of grace himself, and who brought the good news of God’s grace to the rest of mankind, expressed even by his name a proc- lamation of grace. It was rightly foretold that there was to be cause for exultation for many at his birth, since it was through him that the Author of their regeneration was manifested to the world.

We should note that there was the same proclamation of praise for John by the angels as that declared by the evangelist for his parents. It was testified that they were just before God, and that John was great in the sight of the Lord. How great he was in the sight of the Lord, the Lord Himself suggested, since He alone granted him the virtue of his greatness and knew of it as well, saying, “Among those born of women there has risen none greater than John the Baptist” (Matt 11:11). – St. Bede the Venerable, Homily 11.1