And this is the witness of John,
when the Judeans of Jerusalem sent
(to him)
priests and Levites to ask him:
‘Who are you?’
And he confessed
and did not deny
and he confessed :
‘I am not the Messiah.’

And they asked him:
‘What then? Are you Elijah?’
And John answered them:
‘I am not.’
‘Are you the prophet?’
and he answered
‘No’

So they said to him:
‘Who are you?
so that we might give an answer to those who sent us,
what do you say about yourself?’

He said
I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness
Make straight the Lord’s Road. ¹
as the prophet Isaiah said.

1. Isaiah 40:3 ↩︎

Thank you, dear Jesus,
for all you have given me,
for all you have taken away from me,
for all you have left me.

Thomas More (c.1478-1535)