Merry Christmas. Today we find ourselves on this fourth day of the Octave of Christmas where we celebrate this Feast of the Holy Innocents. This day is unlike the Feast of Saint Stephen which was celebrated on Wednesday. Saint Stephen was able to face martyrdom through his acceptance of the Christian faith. The Holy Innocents were mere children and thus unable to accept the faith for themselves. Despite this fact they were put to death due to Christ's coming into the world.
This feast should make us think of all the innocent lives that are lost and are abused. The life that is lost through the sin of abortion. The life that was lost a few weeks ago in Sandy Hook, Connecticut through the tragic shooting. The many children who are abused within the world. Even ourselves in the times that we have been treated unfairly or have treated others unfairly. May we allow the Holy Innocents to guide us in our prayer for all of these souls and to help us along our path towards the Christ child.
Christ was also an innocent child who came into the world and was eventually led to the wood of the cross to die for each of us. May we continue in this Christmas season to draw our lives towards the Christ child in all that we do.
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