Today, the third day of Christmas as also the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This is the day we remember those little children, boys under the age of 2, that King Herod chose to kill. He did this because he was threatened by them, knowing that a new King had just been born.
Although that happened such a long time ago, we need to remember in our prayers the way in which children are still killed today and pray for an end to the culture of death. We pray for all victims of abortion, for children born into slavery and poverty, for children who are orphaned and who are suffering through illness.
May we also pray for all those who were killed just 2 weeks ago at their school in Newtown, Connecticut. We pray especially for their parents and families for whom this Christmas will have been a very painful one.
Let us rejoice and give thanks for this season of Christmas, that it offers us the opportunity not just to reflect on the birth of our Saviour but to acknowledge how that birth impacts us in our lives every day, thinking of others before ourselves and that the peace that He brings can be given to others through us.
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| RIP Charlotte, Daniel, Olivia, Josephine, Ana, Dylan, Madeleine, Catherine, Chase, Jesse, James, Grace, Emilie, Jack, Noah, Caroline, Jessica, Avielle, Benjamin and Allison and staff members Rachel Davino, Dawn Hochsprung, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Rousseau, Mary Sherlach and Victoria Soto |
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