Christians around the world celebrate Saint John the Baptist Day, an important Catholic feast day, on June 24th each year. It commemorates the birth of John the Baptist. He was a relative and forerunner of Jesus Christ. In three of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), we see John commissioning Jesus, in a way, by baptizing Him at the start of His ministry. John, however, protested against the idea. …Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan, coming to John... Read more