SATURDAY DECEMBER 28
Matthew 2:13-18:
“When Herod saw that he was outwitted by the wise men, he was angry and ordered all the children two years old and under to be killed in Bethlehem and the surrounding area, calculating the time by what he had found out from the wise men.
Today we celebrate the remembrance and the feast of the Holy Innocents. Little children who were violently torn from life simply because they were about Jesus’ age.
Today is also a day to remember so many innocents who are violently torn from life. We remember those countless innocents who are victims of irrational hatred and other violence.
We ask the Lord to protect so many innocent people who are beaten, abused, defenseless, marginalized and physically or morally wounded: children, young people, men, old people, women…
We also renew our commitment to seek peace and life in abundance for every human being.
Good day.
Antonio María Sanjuán Marín, cmf
