<p><strong>Birth of John the Baptist</strong>&nbsp; <br />O John the Baptist lead our song, who danced for joy before your birth in greeting to the Lord of life, but just begun his life on earth. Then later on the Jordan’s bank you yielded to his heart’s desire, to cleanse the waters, bless the flood that waited for the Spirit’s fire.&nbsp; <br /><em>– Lauds and Vespers, Camaldolese Monks, OSB</em></p>