Tag Archive for ‘Holy Innocents’
Thursday 28 December
the Holy Innocents 1 John 1:5-2:2; Psalm 124; Matthew 2:13-18 Carrying Pain It is always a profound tragedy when a child dies. We hear today of the many who were killed because of Herod’s hatred and paranoia. These innocent children are also among the witnesses to God becoming one of us as the messiah. What […]
Wednesday 28 December
the Holy Innocents 1 John 1:5-2:2; Psalm 124; Matthew 2:13-18 Trust After the Magi had left, the angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, ‘Get up and take the child and his mother with you into Egypt.’ Pope Francis has a great love for St Joseph because Joseph is a man of silence […]
Saturday 28 December
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs 1 John 1:5-2:2, Ps 123:2-5, 7-8, Matthew 2:13-18 The holy refugees The Holy Family were refugees. In today’s world they would be living in an overcrowded refugee camp somewhere in the Middle East or Africa, along with 4.5 million other refugees – the highest number in history. New Zealand, an under-populated […]
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