Behind
the Prophet, see the ascetic.
Behind
the Baptist, see the virgin.
Behind
the Great, see the humble.
Behind
the Saint, see John.
Behind
every Saint of the Church, there is a whole life of struggles, efforts, tears.
There is hidden a life of prayer and asceticism, simplicity and obscurity.
It is
not that which we know of St. John the Baptist and the Forerunner of our Lord.
It is that which we do not know about him that contributes to making him Great
before men and Saints. It is all that our Triune God knows of him.
This
fascinates me about St. John...that he is an incredible wild flower that adorns
the world, and that the world does not know...
-by
Fr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
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