Feast of the Holy Innocents

Icon - The Holy Innocents

Today we mark the Feast of the Holy Innocents -- when Herod, terrified of being usurped by the new-born King folks had told him about, had his soldiers kill all baby boys in his regional kingdom.

But Joseph had been warned in a dream to take his new family to Egypt, and so Jesus' life was spared -- for the time being. See Matthew 2:13-18.

Let us pray that in these challenging times, the leaders of this world have their hearts and minds changed, and the killing of innocents -- children, women and men -- will cease.