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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Martyrdom of St John Baptist
DESCRIPTION:THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST \nBy Cardinal Jean Daniélou1 \n◊◊◊ \nJohn’s death appears as the supreme expression of sin. It revealed the sin \nof the world. Herodias’ action in obtaining the head of John the Baptist was a \nclear manifestation of the human desire to be self-sufficient and to set oneself \nup apart from God. It was a victory for the inhabitants of the earth who\, as \nRevelation says\, rejoiced over the death of the prophets\, “because they had been \na torment to those who dwell on the earth“. It was an expression of a \ntriumphant world\, a world which had done away with God. No longer could \nanything disturb its pretension that it was giving itself its own law. In that \nrespect John’s death set a pattern: in a decisive moment of history\, it summed \nup the whole world of sin. \nJohn’s death was also the expression of the supreme condemnation of the \nworld. His blood “fell upon this generation“\, together with all the innocent \nblood that has been shed. Thus\, did it call for the supreme condemnation. It was \nthe judgment on the world\, bringing down on it the cup of wrath spoken of by \nRevelation. It showed forth the mystery of iniquity; it revealed clearly that \nmankind is the slave of sin. Just as John the Baptist marked the last stage in the \npreparation for the parousia in the long line of the prophets\, so his death \nmarked the last stage in the preparation for the parousia in the order of the \nmystery of sin… \nBut John’s death also marked the end of this history of condemnation for\, \nafter John’s blood\, another blood was going to be shed. It would not fall as a \ncondemnation upon those who shed it\, but it would be poured out as \nredemption for many. John’s death prefigured the death of Jesus. Jesus wished \nto say first of all that his death resembled John’s: ‘”I tell you that Elijah has10 \nalready come\, and they did not know him\, but did to him whatever they \npleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples \nunderstood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.’ The rejection and \ndeath of John the Baptist prefigured the rejection and death of Jesus. This latter \ndeath was really the high point of evil. Jesus fulfilled completely the figure of \nthe servant of Yahweh rejected by the sinful world. \nBut John only prefigured Jesus\, for with Jesus the shedding of blood \ntakes on a different meaning. Blood was not shed for condemnation but for \nredemption. The unresolved conflict between prophets and sinners came to an \nend with the prophet who took the sins of the world upon himself. John had \npointed out Jesus as that lamb. He knew that he himself still belonged to the \nworld of denunciation of sin\, not that of liberation from sin. The Spirit had been \ngiven to the prophets; blood had been poured out by sinners. The Spirit had \nbeen poured out as a blessing\, but blood had been poured out as a curse. John’s \nblood was the last to belong to this order. Henceforth the blood which would \ngush forth from the side of Jesus would be spirit and life.
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