John leaped in his mother's womb

John was Jesus' forerunner not only in what he said, but in what he did. See, the first thing he ever did, when he was newly knit together in his mother's womb, was to leap. And so would Christ himself leap, after his resurrection, by his ascension, into heaven, in our flesh. And so let us also leap in the womb of our mother the Church: let us leap the leap of joy in anticipation for the great day of Christ's return when we shall leap as calves of the stall. Sermon for Midweek of Advent III. The video is here.