St. John the Baptist, in his great humility, didn't draw attention to himself, but always pointed to the Lamb of God, Jesus. This aspect of St. John the Baptist reminds me of this passage from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
"Now God's Spirit, who reveals God, makes known to us Christ, his Word, his living Utterance, but the Spirit does not speak of himself. The Spirit who 'has spoken through the prophets' makes us hear the Father's Word, but we do not hear the Spirit himself. We know him only in the movement by which he reveals the Word to us and disposes us to welcome him in faith. The Spirit of truth who 'unveils' Christ to us 'will not speak on his own.' [Jn 16:13] Such properly divine self-effacement explains why 'the world cannot receive [him], because it neither sees him nor knows him,' while those who believe in Christ know the Spirit because he dwells with them. [Jn 14:17]" (CCC 687)
Dear Lord Jesus, St. John the Baptist shared deeply in the "divine self-effacement" of the Holy Spirit. May all of us present-day Elijahs be, like St. John the Baptist, people of the Holy Spirit, pointing always to Jesus. Amen.
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