1. The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2. As it has been written by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
3. The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths."
4. John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching a baptism of repentance, as a remission of sins.