John the Baptist, is the precursor of Jesus. He was always announcing that he was preparing the arrival of the true Messiah. His story is a true miracle, considering that his parents, Zacarias and Isabel were already elderly people, reason enough for his procreation to be unlikely, but it happened that God in his infinite mercy granted the elders the privilege of being parents and bring John to the world.
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It happened that one day Zacarias listens to the voice of an angel who reveals to him that his wife was pregnant, that he will have a male who must be named Juan, before which he shows himself incredulous and just at that moment his lips were sealed and could not utter a word, until the day the child was born.
Saint John is the only saint to whom his birthday is celebrated, six months before the birth of his cousin Jesus. There are not many details about his childhood and youth; It is related that he lived in the desert, wearing a camel skin, eating wild fruits, roots, lobsters and honey, in total silence, fasting and pettiness.
He baptized with water from the Jordan River, all those who wanted to be cleansed of their sins, but always announcing that it was not the Messiah, who is only baptizing with water, that soon there would be one who would baptize them with the Holy Spirit.
San Juan Bautista, was the one who dared to denounce the sinful relationship between Herod Antipas and his brother's wife, it happened then that Salome, his niece, asked for Juan's head on a silver tray, being imprisoned and later beheaded.
"I am a voice that cries out in the desert, straighten the way of the Lord"
This answered San Juan Bautista, when they asked him ... Who are you?