Saint Jean-Baptiste

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Découvrez la vie fascinante de Saint Jean-Baptiste, le prophète du désert, celui qui annonça la venue de Jésus et le baptisa dans le Jourdain. Cette vidéo retrace son enfance miraculeuse, sa mission de prédication, son appel à la conversion, et son témoignage jusqu’au martyre.  Apprenez pourquoi Jésus a dit de lui : “Parmi les enfants des femmes, il n’en a point paru de plus grand que Jean-Baptiste.”  Jean-Baptiste est fêté le 24 juin et le 29 août.  👉 Pour découvrir chaque jour la vie d’un saint, ses prières, ses paroles et son exemple.

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00:00Saint John the Baptist is an absolutely unique figure in all of biblical history.

00:05He is both the last of the Old Testament prophets and the first witness of Christ.

00:11He was born in a time of prophetic silence that had lasted for centuries.

00:16His parents, Zachariah and Elizabeth, are old and childless.

00:21One day, the angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah in the temple to announce a miraculous birth.

00:28The child, said the angel, will walk before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah.

00:36His name will be John.

00:38Zacharias, who doubts, becomes mute until the birth of the child.

00:44John was born in a mountainous region of Judea.

00:47From his childhood, he was devoted to God.

00:51And very young, he withdrew into the desert, a place of stripping, prayer, and preparation.

00:58He leads an austere life there.

01:00He wears a tunic made of camel hair.

01:03Feeds on wild honey and grasshoppers.

01:06Life without comfort, without distraction, without compromise.

01:10And then one day he begins to preach.

01:14His voice echoes in the silence of the desert.

01:17But it attracts huge crowds.

01:19He calls the people to conversion.

01:21Prepare the way of the Lord.

01:23Make straight his paths.

01:25He baptizes in the Jordan River.

01:28Those who want to change their lives.

01:30This is not yet Christian baptism, but a sign of penance.

01:35A strong symbol of inner purification.

01:39Fishermen, soldiers, tax collectors come to him to be raised up, awakened.

01:46Jean never flatters.

01:48He speaks forcefully, frankly, even to the powerful.

01:52One day, Jesus himself comes to the Jordan.

01:56Jean hesitates.

01:58It is I who need to be baptized by you.

02:01But Jesus insists.

02:03John plunges him into the water.

02:05And at that moment, the spirit descended on Jesus like a dove.

02:09And a voice is heard.

02:12You are my beloved son.

02:14In you, I put all my love.

02:16From this moment, Jean understands that his mission is coming to an end.

02:22He said to his disciples, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

02:26He fades away.

02:27He gives way to the one he announced.

02:30He will say this magnificent sentence.

02:32He must grow and I must shrink.

02:37But John continues to be a prophet until the end.

02:40He is not afraid to speak the truth, even in front of the king.

02:44He publicly denounces the scandalous situation of King Herod Antipas,

02:49who lives with his brother's wife, Herodias.

02:53For this, he was arrested and thrown in prison.

02:57There, in his cell, Jean doubts.

03:00He sends disciples to Jesus to ask him,

03:03“Are you the one who is to come?”

03:05Where should we expect another one?

03:08Jesus does not condemn him for this hesitation.

03:11He responds tenderly, describing the signs of the kingdom.

03:15The blind see, the deaf hear, the dead are raised.

03:20And he adds, “Blessed is he who does not fall away from me.”

03:26Finally, Herodias asks Herod for John's head on a platter,

03:30at a proud banquet.

03:32The king, trapped by his oath and his pride, accepts.

03:38John is beheaded.

03:40His martyrdom is discreet, but his influence is immense.

03:45Even after his death, John's shadow looms large in the Gospels.

03:49Jesus pays homage to him.

03:52Among those born of women, there is no one greater than John.

03:55John the Baptist is the model of the precursor,

03:59the one who prepares hearts, who designates the light

04:02and which fades away to leave all the space to God.

04:05Discover his biography and intercessory prayers on the Absanctus

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04:12Subtitling Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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