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Full  moon in the morning.

John the Baptist's message was dark and heavy.  He expected the Messiah to be the instrument of God's wrath and vengeance.  Jesus is mercy and forgiveness.  It makes John wonder.  He sends some followers to ask Jesus, "Are you the one who is to come or shall we look for another?"  

Jesus says, "Go back and tell John what I am doing; the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised to life, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor."  These are the signs of the one predicted by Isaiah the prophet.

By these same signs the people of our time will recognize us as followers of Jesus.