Review: St John the Baptist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
The Life and Prayers of Saint John the Baptisttells us the compelling story of his birth that was foretold in the Old Testament and his life as precursor to the Messiah Jesus Christ.The book also mentions that John the Baptist  is considered to be only the third person born without original sin.  I never remembered being taught that so I did look up further information.Unlike Jesus or Mary, John is still considered to have had the stain of original sin upon his conception.At the Visitation (Luke 1:41) Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was pregnant with John.When Elizabeth saw Mary-- John LEAPED in his mother's womb. It's considered that John leaped  because even in his mother's womb he was aware of the divine presence of Jesus in Mary's womb.  Elizabeth was also then filled with the Holy Spirit and it is considered then that John was cleansed of original sin while in the womb because the Holy Spirit cannot reside where there is sin. Some references also describe it as when he leaped John received Baptism by faith.The book also contains a wonderful click or touch table of contents.  Another good feature it has is text to speech allows you to listen to the book when you don't feel like reading or are doing something else.( for keyboard kindle use the symbol Aa)All the books in the saints series are excellent I recommend alsoThe Life and Prayers of Saint Joan of ArcandThe Life and Prayers of Saint Teresa of Avila.