Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth —Luke 1:11-14
He will bring back many people of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to the turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of righteousness – to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. —Luke 1:16-17
Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. —John 1:29
He must increase, but I must decrease. —John 3:30
Have you
the gift of
?
is the gift that must be
.
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. —Luke 4:18-19