St John the Baptiser
"John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
– Luke 3:16f, which is today's Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Mosaic from the chapel of Our Lady of Pompeii, in the National Shrine.
St John the Baptiser
"John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
– Luke 3:16f, which is today's Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Mosaic from the chapel of Our Lady of Pompeii, in the National Shrine.