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Monday, December 28, 2009

December 28: Feast of the Holy Innocents

The Feast of the Holy Innocents commemorates the boy-children under the age of two whose slaughter King Herod is said to have ordered around the time of the birth of Jesus. (See the Gospel according to Matthew, 2:16-18.)

It is a good day to remember the children of the world, many of whose lives are threatened by violence, lack of clean water, inadequate health care, and hunger.



Photo: Refugees who fled the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region run for shelter during a dust storm at Djabal camp near Gos Beida in eastern Chad June 19, 2008. Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly, Reuters. Nicked from here.

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3 comments:

  1. Doorman-PriestDecember 29, 2009 at 8:56 AM

    A timely reminder. Thank you.

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  2. James JoinerDecember 29, 2009 at 9:54 PM

    Only the Spirit knows why, but I found myself meditating on this today...

    http://thefoldofgod.blogspot.com/2009/12/holy-innocents.html

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    Hello Jane,

    I sometimes forget this day and really should not.

    My landscape architecture professor came from your neck of the woods in Berkely, Ca. too.

    Are you with St Mary's Church?

    http://justacloud.wordpress.com
    Peace Love and Hugs
    Diana

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