Saint John—a great prophet who concluded the Old Testament and opened the New—stands as a bridge between the two eras, with the noble mission of being ‘The Forerunner, going before to prepare the way for the Savior.’ In the Holy Spirit of God, his cry rang out from the desert, the place where he received God's purification to prepare for his prophetic mission of preparing the way: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
