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Third Sunday of Advent Prayers of the Faithful Celebrant: Brothers and sisters, in today’s Gospel, John the Baptist needed to hear from Jesus Himself if He was the Messiah, so he sent messengers to ask Jesus if He was the One who is to come. In faith, let us offer these prayers to the Lord:           L. We pray for our parishioners, that we may overcome our doubts in life by turning to Jesus and putting our hope and trust…

John the Baptist was in prison when he heard about the things that Jesus had been doing in Galilee; so he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” (Matthew 11:3) Does this sound like John had doubts that Jesus was the promised Messiah? If so, does that mean that John committed the sin of doubt? John expected a Messiah who would bring immediate and fiery judgment on…