Matthew 3:1
Douay-Rheims
And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
Glossa Ordinaria
(ap. Anselm.) The desert typically means a life removed from the temptations of the world, such as befits the penitent.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 3:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.