SUNDAY June 25- 2023- YEAR 2- Episode# 69 Good Sunday Morning with Fr Andre on KNUS 710 am  Preaching the Truth- Feast of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist.   RADIO SHOW Description    Good Holy Sunday Morning my dear friends, listeners to the show, supporters of the Mission of Hope and Mercy, and people of good will.    On today’s show we wish a Happy Saint John the Baptist Birthday for all those who seek the intercession of the last of the prophets. Saint John the Baptist came to prepare the way for the Lord.    Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her  that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid,  that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.    A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”   A voice says, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever. Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.   Psalm 85 or 85:7-13 Benedixisti, Domine 1 [You have been gracious to your land, O Lord, * you have restored the good fortune of Jacob. 2 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people * and blotted out all their sins. 3 You have withdrawn all your fury * and turned yourself from your wrathful indignation. 4 Restore us then, O God our Savior; * let your anger depart from us. 5 Will you be displeased with us for ever? * will you prolong your anger from age to age? 6 Will you not give us life again, * that your people may rejoice in you?] 7 Show us your mercy, O Lord, * and grant us your salvation. 8 I will listen to what the Lord God is saying, * for he is speaking peace to his faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to him. 9 Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, * that his glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth have met together; * righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring up from the earth, * and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 The Lord will indeed grant prosperity, * and our land will yield its increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him, * and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.   John’s Biblical identity from genealogical perspective shows that he is related to Jesus, a cousin on Jesus’s mother’s side through Elisabeth. Let us look at the divine origin that through the Angel Gabriel gave the name to John while John was being conceived. The Angel announced to Zakaria in the temple the birth of a son he also said: " his name shall be John" even though no one in Zakaria’s family is called by that name. What is the meaning of John? It means God is gracious, tender, compassionate, has mercy and God is sending a gift to humanity with John’s birth: Yo-Ha-Non.   In the Bible God calls adults by other names to give them a special mission. Like Abram and Sarai, became Abraham and Sarah: father of all roots, and the queen. Whereas