FEAST DAY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST - August 29

The feast day of the beheading of St. John the Baptist is August 29. (June 24 is his other feast day.) I'm a member of the Cofradia of St. John in Cebu, and they're doing tridium prayers. Click here for a comprehensive article about St. John the Baptist or go to (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486b.htm)

Here's a perpetual novena that I found on the intenet:

A Perpetual Novena to St. John The Baptist

O Martyr invincible, who, for the honor of God and the salvation of souls, didst with firmness and constancy withstand the impiety of Herod even at the cost of thine own life, and didst rebuke him openly for his wicked and dissolute life; by thy prayers obtain for us a heart, brave and generous, in order that we may overcome all human respect and openly profess our faith in loyal obedience to the teachings of Jesus Christ, our divine Master.


Say an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.

Pray for us, Saint John the Baptist, That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

O God, who hast made this day to be honorable in our eyes by the Nativity or commemoration of blessed John, grant unto Thy people the grace of spiritual joy, direct the minds of all Thy faithful into the way of everlasting salvation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.