St. John the Baptist in the Desert, Lucas van Leyden, 1513

“LET US retire from the world during these next few days; or if that may not be by reason of our external duties, let us retire into the quiet of our own hearts and confess our iniquities, as did those true Israelites, who came, full of compunction and of faith in the Messias, to the Baptist, there to make perfect their preparation for worthily receiving the Redeemer on the day of His appearing to the world.”

— Dom Prosper Guéranger, The Liturgical Year

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