Mark 1:2

²Sicut scriptum est in Isaia propheta: Ecce mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam,qui praeparabit viam tuam;b

Mark 1 launches the Gospel with explosive urgency. John the Baptist prepares the way in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming one greater to come. Jesus appears, is baptized, and immediately driven into the wilderness for testing. He then bursts onto the scene in Galilee, callin