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“SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER?” (Mt 11:2-11): 16 December 2007 (Third Sunday of Advent)

“SHOULD WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER?” (Mt 11:2-11):  16 December 2007 (Third Sunday of Advent)

Reading:  www.nccbuscc.org/nab/121607.shtml

I don’t know if you noticed it, but that’s a pretty strange exchange of messages between our Lord and John the Baptist.

First of all, John the Baptist requests his disciples to ask our Lord a bizarre question.  Thrown into prison for denouncing the sins of Herod Antipas, John the Baptist hears about the miracles of our Lord and sends his disciples to ask:  “Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?”  Now why would he ask a question like that?