Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

It is midsummer.  The honey moon and Saint John's wort conspire to make us dream.  But the church celebrates the birth of Saint John.

"Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me..." (Malachi 3:1)

As his father Zacharias said, "and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest" (St Luke 1:76)

Happy Midsummer!

John the Baptist, from Wikimedia Commons.