Advent 3A: What Jesus Didn't Say

The Heavenly Banquet

In this episode Chad Rhodes and Charlotte Elia chat about Matthew 11:2-11, the Gospel lesson for the third Sunday of Advent, Year A. John the Baptist is in prison, and he asks if Jesus is the one. Jesus affirms his identity as Messiah and commends John's mission as forerunner, but a particular omission points to John's fate. This is a hard passage that holds a mirror to the reality of hope and despair that marks the human condition.