On June 24, the Church will celebrate the feast of San Juan Bautista, the saint who not only baptized the Lord Jesus in the Jordan, but also announced his coming.
The birth of San Juan Bautista is celebrated on June 24, 6 months before the birth of the Lord Jesus and around the summer solstice (the day with more hours of sunlight); Thus the days reduce its duration with respect to the night until the sun is born again. “
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“The Church celebrates the birth of John as something sacred and he is the only one of the saints whose birth is celebrated,” explained the great San Agustín, in his sermons in the first centuries of Christianity.
The Church pointed out these dates during the fourth century with the purpose of overlapping two important parties of the Greco-Roman calendar: “Sun Day” (December 25) and the “Diana Day” in the summer, whose party commemorated fertility.
The martyrdom of San Juan Bautista is commemorated on August 29.
In order to prepare these days for the birth of the last prophet, we share the next ninth:
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