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Feast of the Holy Innocents

| December 28, 2011

Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents. On this day we remember the children murdered by Herod in an attempt to hold on to power at any cost. Msgr. Charles Pope has written a thought provoking article on the meaning of the Holy Innocents for our time. He writes, When God prepared a great [...]

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Holy Innocents

| December 28, 2010

As a child I recall seeing this picture of the massacre of the Holy Innocents while scanning the pages of our family Bible. I clearly remember the shock of seeing babies killed in such a brutal fashion and the revulsion I felt knowing how inhumane the scene was that I had happened upon. Every time [...]

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Naming the Child

| December 29, 2009

Yesterday’s feast of the Holy Innocents still has me reflecting upon those parents who have lost a child, either through accidents, sickness or miscarriage. This past year I happened upon a website called, Naming the Child. I learned of it from Molly Sabourin in a letter to her daughter Lucy she composed and shared through [...]

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Holy Innocents

| December 28, 2009

Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: A voice [...]

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