The Nativity of John the Baptist
June 24
The Nativity of John the Baptist Solemnity Vigil: Jer 1:4-10/1 Pt 1:8-12/Lk 1:5-17 (586) Day: Is 49:1-6/Acts 13:22-26/Lk 1:57-66, 80 (587) Pss Prop.
*The Voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord; behold thy God (Is. xl. 3-9)!”
(from the Liturgical Year, 1904)
**The Nativity of John the Baptist (or Birth of John the Baptist, or Nativity of the Forerunner, or colloquially Johnmas or St. John’s Day (in German) Johannistag) is a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist. It is observed annually on 24 June. The Nativity of John the Baptist is a high-ranking liturgical feast, kept in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran churches. The sole biblical account of the birth of John the Baptist comes from the Gospel of Luke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_John_the_Baptist#:~:text=The%20Nativity%20of%20
I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.
Ps 123:1–2