the word of God came to John the son of _________________ in the wilderness.

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a ____________ of repentance for the remission of sins,

as it is written in the book of the words of ___________ the prophet,

“The voice of one crying in the _______________:

‘Prepare the way of the Lord;

Make His paths straight.

Every _____________ shall be filled

And every mountain and hill brought low;

The crooked places shall be made straight

And the ___________ ways smooth;

And all ___________ shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

From which chapter is today's reflection taken?

Name of John the Baptist's parents?