Elizabeth

Fr. Prior Simon’s Homily for the Nativity of St John the Baptist (Second Patronal Feast of Pluscarden Abbey)

24 June 2026

Isaiah 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66.80

Today we are celebrating the birthday of a great prophet, and more than a prophet – the Forerunner, the Precursor to Christ our Lord himself. The voice which would become “the voice crying out in the wilderness” cried out for the first time as little John emerged from his mother's womb.