Words of the Holy Father-Life, has value only in giving it,-08-29-24 Saint John the Baptist

 Words of the Holy Father-Life, has value only in giving it,-08-29-24 

“Life, has value only in giving it, in giving it in love, in truth, in giving it to others, in daily life, in the family.” If someone preserves life for himself, guards it like the king in his corruption or the woman with her hatred, or the daughter with her vanity, a little like an adolescent, unknowingly, life dies and 

withers, becoming useless. I urge you all to think about the 4 characters in the Gospel: King Herod who is “corrupt and undecided”, Herodias, his brother’s wife, who “only knew how to hate”, Salome, "the vain dancer", and the beheaded prophet, and let each one of us open our hearts so that the Lord may 

speak to us about this. (Santa Marta, 8 February 2019)

Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist

Gospel and Thought for the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day.html 

Gospel in Art: The beheading of John the Baptist https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/50518