29th August - The Passion of Saint John the Baptist
The true secret of love consists in this: we must forget self like St John the Baptist and exalt and glorify the Lord Jesus - St Peter Julian Eymard.
O God, who willed that Saint John the Baptist should go ahead of your Son both in his birth and in his death, grant that, as he died a Martyr for truth and justice, we, too, may fight hard for the confession of what you teach.